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PTI
'Lanka’s ex-PM Mahinda Rajapaksa Being Protected at Trincomalee Naval Base'
11 May 2022
The 76-year-old SLPP leader, known for his brutal military campaign against the LTTE during his presidency from 2005 to 2015, is being protected amid nationwide anti-government protests.
PTI
Lanka Turmoil Intensifies, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Quits, Nationwide Curfew
09 May 2022
The PM quit hours after his supporters attacked anti-government protesters outside embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office.
Newsclick Production
Sri Lanka: The Price of Authoritarian Rule
05 Apr 2022
The country is in the midst of its worst economic crisis. It appears to be a price the people are paying for backing an authoritarian rule.
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Family of Slain Sri Lankan Journalist in Search of Justice
11 Jan 2021
Twelve years after Lasantha Wickrematunge was brutally killed in broad daylight in Colombo by unidentified gunmen allegedly associated with the island-country’s most powerful politicians, a death he…
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Lankan Dreams: India's 'Naivete' May Cost in the Long Run
01 Nov 2020
The great game in the Indian Ocean is only beginning.
Peoples Dispatch
Sri Lankan Tea Estate Workers Agitate for Better Pay
03 Oct 2020
Tea estate workers have demanded an increase in their daily wages to a minimum of LKR 1,000 (USD 5.42). They have also complained about plantation owners imposing productivity demands and wage cuts
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Geopolitics of Sri Lankan Tamil Problem
29 Sep 2020
Expectations were high from the summit with Rajapaksa, the first of its kind PM Modi has had with any South Asian leader, but the fault lines have appeared.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
India’s Quad Dilemma in Sri Lanka
19 Sep 2020
What is the significance of Rajapaksa playing golf on a Chinese turf on Modi’s 70th birthday?
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Expectant Hush in Delhi as Sri Lanka Chooses President
04 Nov 2019
Neither of the two top presidential contenders is interested in vilifying the big regional players – China and India – in this election.
Bhasha Singh
Turmoil in Sri Lanka Doesn’t Seem to Be Nearing Its End
02 Sep 2019
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, brother of former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been named as the presidential candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.