India and Sri Lanka on Friday adopted an ambitious vision document to significantly expand economic partnership after wide-ranging talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photos: AFP/PTI
21 July,2023 02:16 PM IST | Editor
Authorities in Sri Lanka have reportedly fired tear gas and water cannons on scores of students who were protesting in Colombo demanding the release of people arrested during last year’s anti-government protests. The protesters on Wednesday said the imprisonment of dozens of students and activists amounted to political persecution, Aljazeera reported. All pictures: AFP
08 June,2023 10:36 AM IST | Editor
Sri Lankan protesters who have occupied the residences of the President and Prime Minister have cleared that they will continue to occupy their houses until they resign from their posts. Despite President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe agreeing to resign, protesters continue to protest outside the premises of the Sri Lankan Presidential Secretariat in Colombo as they don't trust him. The protesters held demonstrations and sloganeered against the economic crisis, outside the Presidential Secretariat, which was stormed by a sea of protestors on July 9. All Pics/AFP
10 July,2022 08:03 PM IST
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The death toll rose to eight on Tuesday in the unprecedented violence in Sri Lanka that erupted after supporters of former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa attacked peaceful anti-government protesters demanding his ouster over the country's worst economic crisis that led to acute shortages of staple food, fuel and power. Over 200 people have also been injured in the violence in Colombo and other cities. Pics/PTI, AFP
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