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Controversial monk’s presidential pardon overturned by Sri Lanka’s top court

Galagodaatte Gnanasara served less than a year in prison before being pardoned by Maithripala Sirisena

The Independent UK · Sep 11

Morning Digest | Left candidates trounce ABVP in JNU students’ union elections; Kangana, Arun Govil in BJP fifth list, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on March 25, 2024.

The Hindu · Mar 25, 2024

Sri Lankan protesters demand justice for Easter 2019 attacks

Thousands of Sri Lankans are holding a protest in the capital, demanding justice for the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed nearly 270 people

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023

Sri Lankan court summons ex-president over 2019 bombings

A Sri Lankan court has issued a summons ordering an ex-president to appear in a case alleging he failed to prevent suicide bomb attacks in 2019 that killed nearly 270 people

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022

Restoration: On Sri Lanka’s return to parliamentary democracy

Sri Lanka will be well served by a return to parliamentary democracy 

The Hindu · Jun 10, 2022

Sri Lankan power family falls from grace as economy tanks

With one brother president, another prime minister and three more family members cabinet ministers, it appeared that the Rajapaksa clan had consolidated its grip on power in Sri Lanka after decades in and out of government

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

Ranil Wickremesinghe: Sri Lanka’s returning prime minister

Wickremesinghe returns for a sixth term as Sri Lanka PM with the country mired in political and economic crises.

Al Jazeera · May 12, 2022

Party official: Wickremesinghe to be appointed Sri Lankan PM

A party official says five-time former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will be reappointed in an effort to bring stability to the island nation, engulfed in a political and economic crisis

The Independent UK · May 12, 2022

Lawmaker: Sri Lanka president agrees to remove brother as PM

A prominent lawmaker says Sri Lanka’s president has agreed to replace his older brother as prime minister in a proposed interim government to solve a political impasse caused by the country’s economic crisis

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2022

Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa agrees to remove brother Mahinda as PM

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s president on Friday agreed to replace his older brother as prime minister in a proposed interim government to solve a political crisis caused by the country’s worst economic crisis.

The Times of India · Apr 29, 2022