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The Latest Breaking News from Sri Lanka

TUI cancels more holidays to Sri Lanka ahead of summer getaway

The South Asian country has been suffering with months of political unrest amid a severe economic crisis

Manchester Evening News

Sri Lanka’s new president vows to crackdown on ‘fascist’ protests

Ranil Wickremesinghe said he would not tolerate demonstrations after they toppled his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Evening Standard

New Sri Lanka President Sworn in Eyeing Unity Government

Sri Lanka's six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in Thursday as president of the crisis-hit South Asian nation, as officials said he was looking to form a unity government to manage the turmoil. The 73-year-old veteran politician, who was overwhelmingly elected as head of state in a parliamentary vote…

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Six Tamil Nadu fishermen held, mechanised boat impounded by Sri Lankan Navy

The Rameswaram fishermen arrested on charges of poaching on July 20, detained at Talaimannar district of Sri Lanka

The Hindu

China, India Vie for Influence in Sri Lanka Amid Economic Turmoil

Sri Lanka — with its strategic location at the crossroads of busy shipping routes — has become an arena of geopolitical rivalry and maritime competition between India and China.

The News Lens

Profile: Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka’s new president

The veteran politician has been elected president by the members of Sri Lanka’s parliament.

Al Jazeera

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka swears in new president

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Ranil Wickremesinghe takes oath as President of Sri Lanka

Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday took oath as the President of Sri Lanka. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Sri Lanka's newly elected president sworn into office

Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president to take charge of a nation bitterly angry he was chosen amid an unprecedented economic crisis

The Independent UK

Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lankan president amid unrest

Six-time prime minister and veteran politician an unpopular choice among protesters who forced his predecessor out.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka's new president to appoint ally of ousted Rajapaksa as PM - sources

New Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will appoint an ally of the ousted Rajapaksa dynasty as prime minister, four sources said on Thursday, a day after urging unity to find a way out of the country's worst economic crisis in decades.

Reuters

Sri Lanka braced for more unrest as new president vows crackdown on ‘fascist’ protests

The Guardian - AU

Sri Lanka has a new president, but here's why many continue to protest

Sri Lanka's parliament elected longtime politician Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country's new president in a secret ballot on Wednesday. Here's what led to this moment.

WEKU

‘He’s not our president’: Protesters reject new Sri Lankan leader

Protesters hit the streets as parliament elects Ranil Wickremesinghe as the crisis-hit country’s new president.

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At the all party meet on Sri Lanka’s situation, Vaiko stresses need to provide autonomy to Tamils

He blames excess spending towards army as reason for the nation’s current economic crisis

The Hindu

A hint of stability: On Sri Lanka’s new dispensation

With a new government in Sri Lanka, India must review its options in extending more help

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 1103: Zubair granted bail in UP FIRs, Sri Lanka appoints new president

Tanishka Sodhi brings you the news from the Supreme Court, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, the Parliament, and Sri Lanka.

Tribune News Service

Sri Lanka picks ex-leader’s ally as president, risking fury

Ranil Wickremesinghe was voted in as Sri Lanka’s president backed by a majority of lawmakers from ousted leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s party, a development that could reignite street protests in the bankrupt nation and scuttle bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund.

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The Independent UK

New Sri Lankan president divisive choice for fixing crisis

Sri Lanka's prime minister has been elected president by lawmakers who opted for a seasoned, veteran leader to lead the country out of economic collapse

Evening Standard

Sri Lanka: new dawn for a country on the brink?

A controversial new president has been elected as the beleaguered country battles financial devastation and unrest. Kumanan Kanapathippillai reports from Colombo

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sri Lanka's unpopular prime minister was elected president Wednesday, in a secret parliamentary ballot that risked reigniting turmoil among a public outraged by the South Asian nation's economic collapse. Sri Lankans have taken to the street for months to demand their president and his prime minister step down as the…

The Hindu

Abdullah Shafique steers Pakistan to win over Sri Lanka in first test

The first test finished not long after Sri Lankan lawmakers chose six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as president

The Hindu

Lamprais with a past: on Cynthia Shanmugalingam’s debut cookbook, Rambutan

As she opens the first Sri Lankan restaurant Rambutan, in London’s Borough Market, Cynthia Shanmugalingam releases her debut cookbook, the story of lost homeland woven together with her family’s culinary gems

Reuters

Protesters sombre after Wickremesinghe's win in Sri Lanka, but some vow to fight on

Sri Lanka's imposing presidential secretariat which was stormed by a sea of protesters in early July, forcing out then incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was almost deserted on Wednesday as his replacement was voted in.

Al Jazeera

Ranil Wickremesinghe elected crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s new president

Legislators tap six-time PM as president, defying risk of more protests by people angry over deepening economic crisis.

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