Sri Lanka Crisis: Ranil Wickremesinghe declares state of emergency
Jul 18, 2022, at 03:13 pm
Colombo: Sri Lanka's acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a State of Emergency across the island nation from Monday.
Jul 13, 2022, at 07:57 pm
Colombo: Hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to Maldives, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe ordered a curfew in the Western Province of Sri Lanka with immediate effect and ordered an emergency law island-wide, media reports said on Wednesday.
Sri Lankan emergency: World expresses concern
May 07, 2022, at 07:33 pm
Colombo: Ambassadors of the US, the UK and the European Union delegation in Sri Lanka on Saturday expressed their concern over the state of emergency in the island nation.
Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis is accentuated by dependence on China
Apr 04, 2022, at 07:48 am
Sri Lanka is steadily plunging into a deep economic emergency but the unfolding crisis can act as an eye opener for those nations who are heavily depending on China's loans with the belief that the borrowing from the Asian giant can catapult them to prosperity.
Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after unrest over economic crisis
Apr 02, 2022, at 06:14 am
Colombo/IBNS: Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday declared a state of emergency providing the security forces with sweeping powers a day after hundreds of people protested outside his residence amid an unprecedented economic crisis.