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Rajapaksa faces calls for arrest as Sri Lanka violence claims eight lives

Sri Lanka's former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is facing calls for his arrest from Opposition politicians for inciting violence against peaceful anti-government protesters

UN chief Antonio Guterres calls for dialogue to solve Sri Lanka crisis

"We continue to encourage all Sri Lankan stakeholders to find a solution to the current challenges through dialogue and with the interests of the country and the people in mind," Haq said

Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa steps down; MP, 4 others killed in clashes

Houses of legislator, former minister set on fire in curfew-bound nation

Sri Lanka: Ancestral home of Rajapaksas' set on fire in Hambantota

Earlier, several properties of ministers and lawmakers of the ruling coalition were destroyed by the protesters.

Charisma and controversy: Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa heads for exit

In a statement, his office said he was quitting in order to help form an interim, unity government, following weeks of sometimes violent protests across the country over shortages of fuel and other

Top headlines: Indian rupee plummets to all-time low; Sri Lankan PM resigns

India's government asks the Supreme Court not to invest time in examining the constitutional validity of the penal law on sedition.

Sri Lanka president's brother quits as PM in escalating economic crisis

Sri Lankan authorities on Monday imposed a nationwide curfew and Army troops were deployed in the capital

Sri Lanka crisis: Mahinda supporters attack anti-govt protesters,16 injured

The violence occurred following reports on Monday that Mahinda Rajapksa may offer to stand down as Prime Minister, as pressure mounts on the embattled government to form an interim administration

Ready to make any sacrifice for people: Lankan PM amid pressure to resign

Mahinda Rajapaksa, 76, under intense pressure from within his own party to resign, was gathering his supporters to apply counterpressure not to stand down

Lanka's defence ministry asks people to assist in managing economic crisis

The declaration, made in an extraordinary gazette late Friday, gives Rajapaksa sweeping powers to suspend laws, detain people and seize property

Sri Lankan PM Rajapaksa likely to resign as economic crisis worsens

The Sri Lankan Cabinet had been informed that owing to the failure of the Prime Minister to cope with the country's ongoing economic crisis, Mahinda Rajapaksa has sought to resign from his position

Sri Lanka again put under state of emergency as economic crisis continues

Sri Lanka's government has been facing a wave of protests around the country with an increasingly furious public demanding its resignation.

Lankan parliament to meet for session amid opposition's no-trust motions

Opposition party SJB handed over to the parliamentary Speaker motions of no-confidence against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the government for mishandling the country's worst economic crisis

Sri Lanka opposition seeks no-confidence vote on Rajapaksas

Protesters on Tuesday were in the 25th day of their occupation of the entrance to the president's office, demanding the resignations of Rajapaksa family members

Lanka govt to provide cash to low income families hit by economic crisis

The Sri Lankan government announced that it will provide cash allowances ranging between Rs 3,000 and Rs 7,500 to low income families "severely affected" by the current economic crisis in the country.

Sri Lanka: Former President Maithripala Srisena calls for fresh elections

The former president added that he could not stay at home when the people were in a state of distress with thousands of problems in the country

Sri Lankan leaders promise to address challenges amid economic crisis

The Sri Lankan government is taking various approaches to address current challenges faced by the country, the nation's President and the PM said in their messages on the International Labour Day.

Sri Lanka's powerful Buddhist clergy threatens to issue anti-govt decree

The Buddhist clergy has decided to come out to press for the resignation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to make way for an interim government

President Rajapaksa agrees to remove brother as Sri Lankan PM: Lawmaker

Sri Lanka's president has agreed to replace his older brother as prime minister in a proposed interim government to solve a political impasse, a prominent lawmaker said Friday.

HC Baglay reiterates India's continued commitment to support Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is facing one of its worst economic crises resulting in widespread protests against the Rajapaksa family leaders, including President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and PM Mahinda Rajapaksa