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TopicSri Lanka protests

Topic: Sri Lanka protests

Quiet roads, ‘tired’ people — Sri Lanka’s protests are dying, but activists call it a ‘lull’

Amid fuel and food shortages and fears of army raids, only a few ‘permanent protesters’ are holding fort at Colombo’s Galle Face. Since 13 July, there’s been no major protest.

Sri Lanka army raids protest site near Presidential Secretariat. Protesters, journalists ‘attacked’

A day after Ranil Wickremasinghe takes oath as President, protestors at a site in Galle Face reportedly ‘attacked’, ‘taken away’. Incident receives international condemnation.

‘We’re not going anywhere’: At ‘Gota Go’, protesters refuse to budge until Wickremesinghe quits 

Two days after Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation, the fervour of the protest hasn’t dwindled. Protesters say Wickermesinghe took control in a 'conspiratorial way'

Lanka ‘acting President’ Wickremesinghe declares emergency, orders military to quell protests

Sri Lanka's Speaker announces PM Ranil Wickremesinghe's name as 'acting President', later says Parliament will elect new President on 20 July. Wickremesinghe declares state of emergency.

Lanka’s Gotabaya ‘flees’ to Male, likely to head to Dubai or Singapore later

India has denied any involvement in Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaving the county. The Sri Lankan President is expected to resign Wednesday.

Charred coconut shell stoves, cycling — 5 hacks helping Sri Lankans survive economic crisis

Sri Lankan govt has little to no money to buy essentials like petrol, diesel, and cooking gas. The little that is available is prohibitively expensive, pushing people to improvise.

Carrom at PM house, swimming in President residence — Lull after storm in Sri Lanka

No change in public opinion as protesters want Gotabaya Rajapaksa out; crowds converge at VIP areas but calm on streets in Colombo

How Indian trawlers & economic crisis create a perfect storm for Sri Lanka’s Tamil fishermen

Disputes with Tamil fishermen from India, coupled with the fuel crisis and price rise, have landed fishing communities along Sri Lanka’s northern coast in the middle of a perfect storm.

Sri Lanka falls into default for the first time ever

Sri Lanka has been mired in turmoil amid surging inflation, a plummeting currency and an economic crisis that has left the country short of the hard currency it needs.

In besieged Lanka, war-hit Tamils miss something more precious than petrol: kids & spouses

Every year on 18 May, Tamil families gather in Mullivaikkal, where thousands of Tamil civilians were trapped & killed in 2009, during last leg of offensive by Sri Lankan military against LTTE.

On Camera

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The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.