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The Latest Breaking News from Maldives

Sri Lanka in crisis: What, why and how?

Unprecedented economic crisis looks to have finally toppled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as he flees to the Maldives.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka president tells parliament speaker he will resign on Wednesday

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled to the Maldives on Wednesday, telephoned the speaker of parliament saying that his resignation letter will be sent later in the day.

Reuters

Sri Lanka PM declares emergency as President Rajapaksa flees to Maldives

Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday declared an emergency and imposed a curfew in the western province of the country as protests intensified following President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's escape to the Maldives. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Sri Lanka PM declares state of emergency, curfew - spokesman

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency in his role as the acting president, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on Wednesday, leading to more protests amid an economic crisis.

Reuters

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees to Maldives

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday, hours before he was due to step down after widespread protests over his handling of a devastating economic crisis.

Evening Standard

President Flees Sri Lanka amid Crisis as Ire Turns toward PM

Sri Lanka's president fled the country early Wednesday, slipping away only hours before he promised to step down under pressure from protesters angry over economic chaos that has triggered severe shortages of food and fuel. But the crisis that has gripped the island nation for months was far from over:…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gotabaya would ‘only transit’ the country, says Maldives; India denies role

Sri Lankan Air Force confirmed that Gotabaya Rajapaksa boarded an Air Force flight to the Maldives, days after enraged protesters overran his office and residence in a protest sparked by a devastating economic crisis.

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Sri Lanka: PM orders military to do ‘whatever it takes’ to maintain order

State of emergency declared as protesters reject premier Ranil Wickremesinghe acting as president and demand he and Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign

The Guardian - UK

India denies 'baseless and speculative' media reports about facilitating Sri Lankan President Gotabaya's visit to the Maldives

The 73-year-old Sri Lankan President reportedly fled the country along with his wife and two security officers on a military jet on Wednesday.

The Hindu

Sri Lanka latest updates: PM asks speaker to choose new leader

Ranil Wickremesinghe says new PM should be ‘acceptable to both the government and opposition’.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lankan president flees to Maldives

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday, a government official said, just days after protesters stormed the president's official residence as the island country grapples with its worst economic crisis since independence.

Bangkok Post

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after president flees country

It follows months of protests over Sri Lanka's economic crisis.

Axios

Sri Lanka president flees country amid political, economic crisis

Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife flew to the Maldives on a military plane early on Wednesday morning.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency hours after president flees for Maldives

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed acting president after the crisis-hit country declared a nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday following President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's flight from the country.

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Pune man tears his passport pages to hide travel history from wife

MUMBAI: A Pune resident was stopped from boarding a flight to the Maldives on Thursday after officials at the Mumbai International Airport's immigration counter found a few pages missing from his passport which he had allegedly torn and destroyed.

The Hindu

Colombo Security Conclave agrees to tackle common threats

The members of Colombo Security Conclave include India, Maldives, Mauritius, and Sri Lanka, while Bangladesh and Seychelles are the two observer nations

The Hindu

Colombo Security Conclave meet in Kochi

The Conclave started as a trilateral maritime cooperation mechanism among India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka in 2011.

The Independent UK

Maldives plans ‘floating city’ designed to cope with rising sea levels

‘In the Maldives we cannot stop the waves, but we can rise with them,’ says former president Mohamed Nasheed

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Ex-Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe gets married where Meghan Markle stayed before wedding

The pair the jetted off for their honeymoon in the Maldives

Reuters

Protesters attack Yoga Day event in Maldives

Police in the Maldives used tear gas and pepper spray to control a crowd of people who disrupted a yoga event organised by the Indian High Commission, or embassy, in the capital Male on Tuesday morning, an organiser said.

The Hindu

Indian teams outplay Maldives and Nepal

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5 stunning outfits 'Brahmastra' actress Mouni Roy wore for her trip to Istanbul

Vacations are something that we all look forward to. And the same holds true foe Bollywood divas, from Sara Ali Khan to Mouni Roy, all the B-Town make sure they take a trip every now and then to escape the mundanity of their daily lives. Since summer is at its…

The Hindu

Indian boys outplay Bangladesh

Girls beat second seed Maldives

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt's Suez Canal Extends Rebates for LNG, LPG Carriers Until End-2022

Egypt's Suez Canal has extended rebates on canal tolls for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers from July until the end of the year, the canal authority said in circulars published on its website. LPG tankers operating between the American Gulf and ports west of India,…

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Anushka Sharma shares 'results' of taking her own pictures

Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma always treats her fans with her shooting schedule and daily life to keep fans entertained. The 'NH-10' actor yet again posted a glimpse from her vacation in the Maldives with husband Virat Kohli and daughter Vamika.

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