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TV Newsance 179: India Today’s balancing act, cute vs angry lion & Sri Lanka crisis

With the India Today Group getting a new star anchor, we look at all the golden opportunities the hiring offers India’s “sabse tez” channel – khoob jamega rang jab mil jayenge teen yaar, Sudhir, Shweta aur nanochip.

Newslaundry

Sri Lanka's ousted president says he 'took all possible steps' to prevent crisis

Sri Lanka’s ousted president, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said he took "all possible steps" to avert the economic crisis that has engulfed the island nation.

Reuters

Sri Lanka begins choosing leader to replace ex-president

Sri Lankan lawmakers are preparing to meet Saturday to begin choosing a new leader to serve the rest of the term abandoned by the president who fled abroad and resigned after mass protests over the country’s economic collapse

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‘I screamed and cried’: how Sri Lankan protesters unseated their president

Sri Lanka’s triumphant protesters celebrate Rajapaska’s departure, but say bigger systemic changes still needed

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lanka: A bad 'Band of Brothers'

'How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked (in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises). "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." Sri Lanka is much the same.

Bangkok Post

De Silva returns, Oshada to open in first Pakistan Test

The two-match series starts Saturday in Galle, where the hosts first lost to and then hammered Australia in recent weeks

The Hindu

Letters to the Editor — July 16, 2022

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AP Interview: Sri Lankan candidate to 'listen to the people'

Sri Lanka’s opposition leader, who will seek the presidency next week, is vowing to “listen to the people” who are struggling through the island nation’s worst economic crisis

The Independent UK

Daily Dose Ep 1099: Protests banned at Parliament House, Zubair gets bail

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Sri Lanka.

Newslaundry

PCB wants Sri Lanka to retain Asia Cup hosting rights despite civil unrest

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board will support Sri Lanka in its bid to host the Asia Cup from August 27 despite civil and political unrest in the island nation.

The Times of India

Sri Lanka court bars former prime minister from leaving the country - anti-corruption group

Sri Lanka's top court on Friday barred former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa from leaving the country without permission until July 28, anti-corruption group Transparency International Sri Lanka said.

Reuters

Sri Lanka ruling party to nominate Wickremesinghe for president

Sri Lanka's ruling party will nominate acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe for president when the crisis-hit country's parliament elects a new leader next week, a party official said on Friday.

Reuters

China will agree to aid ‘at some point’: Sri Lanka envoy

BEIJING: Sri Lanka is continuing negotiations with China for as much as $4 billion in aid and is confident Beijing will agree “at some point,” according to a top envoy.

The Times of India

Sri Lanka political dynasty ends after nearly 20 years as Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns

It comes after weeks of protests over the nation’s staggering economic collapse

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Radio France Internationale

Sri Lanka's PM named acting president until election next week

The resignation of Sri Lanka's president has been accepted, the crisis-hit country's parliamentary speaker announced Friday, after he fled the country earlier this week, prompting relief. Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as acting president until parliament elects a new president on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

PM Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lanka’s interim president

Wickremesinghe says he will follow constitutional process and establish law and order in crisis-hit country.

WEKU

The naming of an interim president puts an end to a political dynasty in Sri Lanka

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka's interim president until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass protests forced him from office.

Dynamite News

Lanka Turmoil: PM Ranil Wickremesinghe becomes Sri Lanka's interim President

Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was acting President since Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Reuters

Sri Lanka PM Wickremesinghe sworn in as acting president - govt official

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the country's acting president on Friday, a government official said.

France 24

Sri Lanka PM becomes acting president, election set for July 20

Sri Lanka's parliament will vote on a new president Wednesday, July 20, the speaker's office said, following the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after he was driven out of the country. Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as acting president on Friday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sri Lankan Speaker Says President's Resignation Accepted

The resignation of Sri Lanka's president has been accepted, the crisis-hit country's parliamentary speaker announced Friday, after he fled the country earlier this week and notified him from Singapore that he was stepping down. The formal declaration makes Gotabaya Rajapaksa -- once known as 'The Terminator' for his ruthless crushing…

Al Jazeera

The divisive legacy of Sri Lanka’s Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s exit ends the clan’s rule after more than 20 years as the nation battles its worst economic crisis.

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: How one family’s disastrous reign dragged Sri Lanka to the brink

In today’s newsletter: The south Asian country entered a state of emergency this week after ousting the ruling Rajapaksa family. Nimo Omer explains how Sri Lanka got here

The Times of India

Amidst crisis, Sri Lanka players take refuge in chess ahead of Olympiad

CHENNAI: These are tough times for Sri Lanka as it has been battling both economic and political crisis for the last few months. Despite the unprecedented situation the island nation finds itself in --- its chess teams have left no stone unturned in their preparations for the upcoming 44th Olympiad.

Axios

Sri Lanka's Parliament to convene after president resigns

Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country earlier this week.

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