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Sri Lanka president’s party wins landslide victory in snap elections

Dissanayake seeks a strong mandate to implement policies aimed at alleviating poverty in crisis-hit Sri Lanka

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka parliamentary elections 2024: What’s at stake?

Here is why the upcoming parliamentary election is so significant for newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

Al Jazeera

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Newcastle Herald

Three-way fight to lead bankrupt Sri Lanka

Colombo (AFP) - Three candidates were nominated Tuesday to replace former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country and resigned last week after protesters overran his residence.

AFP

Sri Lanka opposition leader quits presidential run in bid to stymie Wickremesinghe

Sajith Premadasa pulls out of race, pledging support for splinter faction of ruling party that could upset PM’s bid to become president

The Guardian - UK

Factbox-Three frontrunners in race to become Sri Lanka's next president

A six-time prime minister, the leader of the main opposition party and a journalist-turned-politician from the ruling party are vying to become Sri Lanka's next president, after the incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country this week.

Reuters

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Sri Lanka president near airport as exile rumours spread

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's embattled president was flown to an airbase near the main international airport Monday, officials said, raising speculation he will escape into exile abroad.

AFP

Fleeing Sri Lankan president's cash in court, succession battle begins

Colombo (AFP) - Millions of rupees in cash left behind by Sri Lanka's president when he fled his official residence was handed over to a court Monday after being turned in by protestors, police said as a succession battle got under way.

AFP

Sri Lanka's new PM wins support for 'economic war cabinet'

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's new prime minister won crucial support from two main opposition parties on Monday, easing the pressure on the ruling Rajapaksa clan in the face of the island's worsening economic crisis.

AFP

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka appoints new PM to replace president's brother

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's embattled president swore in a new prime minister Thursday to replace his brother, who was banned from leaving the country after his supporters launched violent attacks on a protest against the nation's economic crisis.

AFP

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka set for new PM, unity government

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president was set to name a new premier Thursday to replace his brother, who was banned from leaving the country after his supporters launched violent attacks on a protest against the nation's dire economic crisis.

AFP

Sri Lanka President Set to Name New PM

Beleaguered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was set to name a new prime minister Thursday to try to steer Sri Lanka out of its dire economic crisis after days of violence, officials said. Respected five-time former premier Ranil Wickremesinghe was the frontrunner to head a "unity government" with cross-party support in the…

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Sri Lanka president set to name new PM

Colombo (AFP) - Beleaguered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was set to name a new prime minister Thursday to try to steer Sri Lanka out of its dire economic crisis after days of violence, officials said.

AFP

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Sri Lanka orders 'offensive' to contain riots

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lankan police have been ordered to go on the offensive and use live ammunition to prevent "anarchy", a top official told AFP Wednesday after another night of sporadic arson attacks.

The Hindu

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The Independent UK

Sri Lankan lawmakers seek interim government to solve crisis

A group of Sri Lankan governing party lawmakers has called for the appointment of an interim government

The Hindu

All Cabinet Ministers quit in Sri Lanka

Mahinda remains PM, to meet Gotabaya.

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Sri Lanka protesters defy curfew after social media shutdown

Colombo (AFP) - Armed troops in Sri Lanka blocked a Sunday opposition march that defied a weekend curfew to protest the island nation's worsening economic crisis, after authorities imposed a social media blackout to contain public dissent.

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