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The Latest Breaking News from Ranil Wickremesinghe

Have China and Pakistan Hit a Roadblock?

Beijing-funded infrastructure projects have slowed, but their longtime partnership remains inevitable.

Foreign Policy

Sri Lankan leader appeals for patience amid economic crisis

Sri Lanka’s president has appealed for patience amid the country’s worst economic crisis but promised brighter times ahead

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka flags return to growth, protesters demand tax cuts

Sri Lanka's economy is expected to grow again from the end of this year and the government hopes the country will emerge from an economic crisis by 2026, the president said on Wednesday, as hundreds protested a recent rise in taxes amid high inflation.

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Sri Lankans lament Independence Day pomp amid economic crisis

Armed troops parade in Colombo amid criticim over the event’s cost at a time of dire economic crisis.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka economy could shrink by -3.5% to -4%, president says

Sri Lanka's economy could contract by -3.5 or -4.0% in 2023 after shrinking -11% last year, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday.

Reuters

Sri Lanka leader suspends parliament until policy address

Sri Lanka’s president has suspended Parliament until Feb. 8, when he said he would announced a new set of long-term policies to address a range of issues including an unprecedented economic crisis

The Independent UK

Is debt cancellation the way forward for Sri Lanka?

As 182 economists from around the world issued a call to cancel Sri Lanka’s debt, not all experts agree.

Al Jazeera

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Sri Lanka expects financing assurances from China for IMF deal within days

Sri Lanka expects to get China's backing for its debt restructuring plan within days to help unlock a $2.9 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund, a government official said on Friday, as India pledged further support to its crisis-stricken southern neighbour.

Reuters

Sri Lanka urged to free student activist held over protests

Human rights groups have urged Sri Lanka to release a prominent student activist who was arrested five months ago during anti-government protests triggered by the country’s worst economic crisis

The Independent UK

India makes inroads into Sri Lanka under China's long shadow

When Sri Lanka slid into its worst economic crisis in seven decades leading to deadly riots and alarming shortages of fuel, food and medicines earlier this year, its giant northern neighbour stepped into the breach.

Reuters

Sri Lankan protest site gets Christmas carnival makeover

Sri Lanka's military is holding a Christmas carnival at the seafront site of an anti-government protest that forced the country's previous president to flee and quit office earlier this year.

Reuters

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe holds all-party meeting on 13A for peaceful resolution of Tamil issue

COLOMBO: An all-party meeting convened by President Ranil Wickremesinghe has discussed the 13th Amendment to Sri Lanka's Constitution as mooted by India to resolve the long-standing demand for political autonomy for the minority Tamils in the island nation, political leaders said on Wednesday.

The Times of India

Sri Lanka's Tamil Parties To Press For Autonomy In A New Constitution

Sri Lanka's Tamil minority parties who had an intra-party discussion following president Ranil Wickremesinghe’s invitation to talks have agreed to put forward a three-point formula. Read on for Details:

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Sri Lanka must use its ports for economic growth: President Ranil Wickremesinghe

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka must use its ports and strategic location for its economic growth, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday while expressing regret over scrapping of the country's trilateral deal with India and Japan to develop the Colombo Port's Eastern Container Terminal.

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Al Jazeera

Amnesty urges Sri Lanka to drop charges, free two protest leaders

Rights group also renews call for Sri Lanka to repeal Prevention of Terrorism Act under which the two are being held.

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka urged to drop charges and free 2 protest leaders

The Sri Lankan government is being urged to drop charges against two protest leaders detained for more than three months following the anti-government demonstrations that engulfed the island nation earlier this year

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka aims to hike taxes in budget to soften crisis

Sri Lanka’s president has proposed to more than double the country’s tax revenue as the island nation struggles to come out from its worst economic crisis

The Times of India

Asia's richest man challenges China in show of support for PM Modi

COLOMBO: A small group of fishermen ply the shallow coastal water along Pooneryn in northern Sri Lanka, an impoverished, remote area within striking distance of India's southern tip. It's where Gautam Adani -- the Indian billionaire who is Asia's richest man and has vaulted ahead of Jeff Bezos this year…

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The Independent UK

Sri Lankans rally to demand release of 2 protest leaders

Sri Lankan police have blocked more than 1,000 protesters who were attempting to march to the capital’s main railroad station to demand the release of two detained protest leaders and an end to a government crackdown on demonstrations against the country's economic crisis

Reuters

Hundreds march in crisis-hit Sri Lanka protesting tax hikes, crackdowns

Hundreds of people marched in Sri Lanka's largest city Colombo on Wednesday protesting against higher taxes, inflation and alleged state-led repression as the country struggles to emerge from its worst financial crisis in seven decades.

Al Jazeera

Protests in Sri Lanka over economic crisis and police brutality

Despite earlier brutal crackdowns, protesters gathered in Colombo to express discontent at the dire economic situation.

The Independent UK

Sri Lankans march against government crackdown on protests

Thousands of Sri Lankans have marched in the capital to urge the government to halt its crackdown on protests against an unprecedented economic crisis that has engulfed the Indian Ocean nation for months

The Independent UK

Sri Lankan lawmakers vote to trim presidential powers

Sri Lankan lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that trims the powers of the president, a key demand of protesters who are seeking political reforms and solutions to the country’s economic crisis

The Independent UK

Sri Lankan lawmakers debate bill to trim presidential powers

Sri Lankan lawmakers have begun debating a proposed constitutional amendment that would trim the powers of the president, a key demand of protesters who are seeking political reforms and solutions to the country’s dire economic crisis

The Hindu

Sri Lanka President plans to visit New Delhi to discuss his country's economic crisis

Ranil Wickremesinghe met PM Modi briefly in Japan during their visit to Shinzo Abe’s funeral

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