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Tag: Ranil Wickremesinghe

Posted inAnalysis

The Sri Lankan situation is fraught with danger

by MK Bhadrakumar May 17, 2022May 20, 2022

The ongoing financial and political crisis in Sri Lanka is going to be a cliffhanger right up to the final whistle. Things can take different turns. The best hope is that although the political class is thoroughly discredited and the legislature is dysfunctional, the democratic spirit lingers on. Arguably, the protests are a manifestation of […]

Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka PM backs down from presidential race

by AT Contributor September 27, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

Drug gangs behind Sri Lanka Easter blasts, president claims

by Ankur Tanwar July 19, 2019February 18, 2020
Map of Sri Lanka: iStock
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

Demise of Sri Lanka’s independence

by Asoka Bandarage February 6, 2019February 6, 2019
Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been reappointed, ending political crisis in Sri Lanka. Photo: AFP
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

Former PM reappointed in Sri Lanka, ending political turmoil

by Amal Jayasinghe December 15, 2018February 18, 2020
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse is expected to step down on Saturday. Photo: AFP
Posted inFrance, India, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Sri Lankan strongman quitting

by Asia Times staff December 15, 2018February 18, 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Winds of change in South Asian politics

by Gaurab Shumsher Thapa November 29, 2018
Map of Sri Lanka: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Shanghai, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

New Delhi and Beijing vie for influence in Sri Lanka

by Manoj Kumar Mishra November 29, 2018
Sri Lankan MPs attend a meeting with parliamentary Speaker Karu Jayasuriya at the Parliament Building in Colombo. Photo: AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Supreme Court move challenges dissolution of Sri Lankan parliament

by Kris Thomas November 12, 2018February 18, 2020
Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, speaks with President Maithripala Sirisena at a rally in Colombo on November 5, 2018. Photo: AFP
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Japan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

Colombo crisis amid Chinese checkers

by Prakash Katoch November 12, 2018
Ranil Wickremesinghe is seen on November 2, days after he was ousted as prime minister in Sri Lanka. Photo: AFP / Lakruwan Wanniarachchi
Posted inIndia, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan crisis far from over as Wickremesinghe digs in

by Kris Thomas November 7, 2018February 18, 2020
The port facility at Hambantota on February 10, 2015. Sri Lanka's government is mulling the future of a string of white elephants. Photo: AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Concern grows in India over Sri Lankan constitutional crisis

by Bertil Lintner November 7, 2018February 18, 2020
Sacked Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: AFP
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia, Sri Lanka

US urges Sri Lankan president to reconvene parliament

by Asia Times staff October 29, 2018February 18, 2020
Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapaksa waves at his supporters at the end of the five-day protest march from Kandy about 116 km to Colombo, in Sri Lanka, August 1, 2016. Photo: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Why Colombo remains a challenge for New Delhi

by Ana Pararajasingham April 26, 2018
Sri Lanka's Special Task Force and police officers stand guard near a burnt house after a clash between two communities in Digana, in the central district of Kandy, Sri Lanka, on March 6, 2018. Photo: Reuters
Posted inChina, India, Middle East, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Avoiding ‘religious’ violence in Sri Lanka

by Asoka Bandarage March 30, 2018
Representational image: iStock
Posted inCyprus, India, Middle East, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Sri Lankan constitution: The strategy of doublespeak

by Ana Pararajasingham October 25, 2017October 25, 2017
Members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority have been fleeing persecution in the Southeast Asian country's Rakhine state. Photo: NDTV
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

No refuge in Sri Lanka for Myanmar’s fleeing Rohingya

by Munza Mushtaq September 26, 2017February 18, 2020
Rohingya refugees travel on a truck to Kutupalang makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on September 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Danish Siddiqui
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Sri Lanka’s communal divide takes toll on Rohingya refugees

by Munza Mushtaq September 26, 2017September 26, 2017
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

Corruption crippling Sri Lanka’s coalition government

by Munza Mushtaq August 16, 2017August 16, 2017
A mosque in downtown Colombo. Other mosques and Muslim-owned shops in Sri Lanka have been attacked by Buddhist extremists. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, European Union, Myanmar, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Sri Lankan Buddhist monk unleashes terror against Muslims

by Munza Mushtaq June 1, 2017

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