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Sri Lanka inflation rises to 60.8% as dollar crunch persists
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka inflation rises to 60.8% as dollar crunch persists

Official data on Friday showed consumer prices in the capital Colombo rose 60.8% from a year ago

People stand in a long queue to buy kerosene oil for kerosene cookers amid a shortage of domestic gas due to country's economic crisis, at a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Global Economy

World Bank says no new plans for financing for Sri Lanka

Security personnel stand guard next to a barricade near the Presidential Secretariat after a raid on an anti-government protest camp early on Friday, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka parliament extends emergency amid continued crisis

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Sri Lanka Crisis

IMF says Sri Lanka needs to talk with China about debt restructuring

People dance as they celebrate the resignation of Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at a protest site, amid the country’s economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 14, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka's new president says non-violent protests can continue after crackdown

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa presents his national statement as a part of the World Leaders' Summit at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 1, 2021. Andy Buchanan/Pool via REUTERS
Sri Lanka Crisis

Rights group seeks arrest of former Sri Lanka president Rajapaksa in Singapore

Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: Reuters
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka president's office to reopen Monday after crackdown

People visit the President's house after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Sri Lanka Crisis

Over 1,000 artefacts ‘missing’ from Sri Lanka's Presidential Palace, PM house: Police

Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn in as new president of Sri Lanka by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya at the parliament, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 21, 2022. Sri Lankan President's Office via REUTERS
Sri Lanka Crisis

China's Xi offers Sri Lanka's new president support amid crisis

Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn in as new president of Sri Lanka by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya at the parliament, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 21, 2022. Sri Lankan President's Office via REUTERS
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka president expected to keep finance portfolio

Demonstrators wait in line after entering the Presidential Secretariat premises, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 10, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Sri Lanka Crisis

How crisis unfolded in Sri Lanka

Dinesh Gunawardena, Leader of the House of Parliament arrives at a Buddhist temple as he waits for Ranil Wickremesinghe who has been elected as the Eighth Executive President under the Constitution, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 20, 2022. REUTERS/ Dinuka Liyanawatte
Politics

Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as Sri Lanka's new PM

Security personnel stand guard next to a barricade near the Presidential Secretariat after a raid on an anti-government protest camp early on Friday, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Politics

Sri Lanka police arrest nine people after raid at protest camp