Tag: Sri Lanka politics
Sri Lanka’s religious leaders echo calls for president’s resignation over economic...
Methodist Bishop Asiri Perera said Rajapaksa’s resignation “will be the first step for the recovery of the nation”
Cardinal Ranjith calls on Sri Lanka’s president, government to step down
The Church leader said the president and his government “have no moral right to continue office anymore under these circumstances”
Sri Lanka’s Tamils struggle even in honoring their missing, dead on...
Every year, on May 18, Sri Lankan Tamils mark Mullaivaikkal Memorial Day commemorating those who died in the civil war that ended in 2009
Sri Lanka’s Catholic bishops’ conference calls for establishment of interim government
The prelates said that among the tasks of the interim government is the immediate provision of basic needs for the people
Sri Lanka’s economy on brink of collapse as troops quell unrest
The Central Bank governor said it was critical that a new administration take charge by Friday or the country would suffer a catastrophe
Sri Lanka’s religious leaders condemn attack on anti-government protesters
Among those injured in the violent dispersals of the demonstrations were Catholic and Anglican Church leaders
Sri Lanka PM quits as violence kills 3, injures 150
Sri Lanka has suffered months of blackouts and dire shortages of food, fuel and medicines in its worst economic crisis since independence
National strike in Sri Lanka demands gov’t to step down
Months of blackouts and acute shortages of food, fuel and pharmaceuticals have seen widespread suffering across the South Asian island nation
Sri Lanka crisis to last at least two more years, says...
Public anger has sparked sustained protests demanding the government resign over its mismanagement of the economic crisis
Fresh protests rock Sri Lanka after police killing
Regular blackouts, acute shortages of food and fuel and record inflation have sparked increasing public discontent in the country
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