Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: Sri lanka

Sri Lanka issues ‘shoot-on-sight’ as violence simmers

Sri Lankan security forces have been ordered to shoot law-breakers on sight on Tuesday in a bid to quell anti-government protests that turned violent...

Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns amid anti-govt protests

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned on Monday, local media reported.

Sri Lanka: protests spread as petrol prices rise by 90%

Jayanthi Lingham, University of Warwick Sri Lanka is currently experiencing a profound economic crisis, sparking massive protests around the country. The protests are happening against...

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is a chance to reinvent international bailouts so that citizens don’t take most of the pain

Sayantan Ghosal, University of Glasgow and Dania Thomas, University of Glasgow Sri Lanka recorded the first casualties from its spiralling economic crisis several days ago,...

What is happening in Sri Lanka?: Former economist at Lanka’s central bank explains

An unprecedented economic crisis is unfolding in Sri Lanka. And while the country’s problems have been brewing for years, spillovers from the crisis in Ukraine have sent the island nation over the edge.

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency amid protests

Sri Lanka’s president has declared a state of emergency, giving sweeping powers to security forces a day after hundreds tried to storm his house in anger over an unprecedented economic crisis.