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Bangladesh crisis: 5 cases where politicians' residences, parliament were stormed

Amid the unrest in Bangladesh, protestors yesterday stormed Sheikh Hasina's place and ensuing visuals showed them stealing various objects from her residence.

06 August 2024, 06:22 IST

Bangladesh crisis: 5 cases where politicians' residences, parliament were stormed

Bangladesh crisis: 5 cases where politicians' residences, parliament were stormed

Bangladesh crisis: 5 cases where politicians' residences, parliament were stormed

06 August 2024, 06:22 IST

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court summons Gotabaya Rajapaksa over presidential pardon to soldier who killed 8 Tamils

Rajapaksa, who was ousted in mid-2022 following a popular uprising against him, will need to respond to the court about his decision to pardon Ratnayake in response to a fundamental rights petition.

17 May 2024, 16:32 IST

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court summons Gotabaya Rajapaksa over presidential pardon to soldier who killed 8 Tamils

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court summons Gotabaya Rajapaksa over presidential pardon to soldier who killed 8 Tamils

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court summons Gotabaya Rajapaksa over presidential pardon to soldier who killed 8 Tamils

17 May 2024, 16:32 IST

Tamils faced torture in Sri Lanka long after war, rights group says

According to United Nations estimates, the rights groups accuse that both sides of abuses during the conflict in which 80,000-100,000 people died.

08 May 2024, 14:11 IST

Tamils faced torture in Sri Lanka long after war, rights group says

Tamils faced torture in Sri Lanka long after war, rights group says

Tamils faced torture in Sri Lanka long after war, rights group says

08 May 2024, 14:11 IST

Sri Lanka’s ex-president Sirisena to be quizzed by police over controversial remark on Easter bombings

Sirisena, 72, was president between 2015 January and 2019 November. He had previously denied any knowledge of the attacks.

24 March 2024, 10:27 IST

Sri Lanka’s ex-president Sirisena to be quizzed by police over controversial remark on Easter bombings

Sri Lanka’s ex-president Sirisena to be quizzed by police over controversial remark on Easter bombings

Sri Lanka’s ex-president Sirisena to be quizzed by police over controversial remark on Easter bombings

24 March 2024, 10:27 IST

Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe instructs Cabinet to prepare for presidential election

The next presidential election must be called by the elections commission by September and must be held by mid-November.

19 March 2024, 10:19 IST

Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe instructs Cabinet to prepare for presidential election

Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe instructs Cabinet to prepare for presidential election

Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe instructs Cabinet to prepare for presidential election

19 March 2024, 10:19 IST

Gotabaya Rajapaksha hints India insisted on his continuation as Sri Lanka's President in 2022

Rajapaksa’s resignation and fleeing away from the country to the Maldives in mid-July 2022 came after India had extended a credit line when Sri Lanka's economy went bankrupt.

07 March 2024, 10:57 IST

Gotabaya Rajapaksha hints India insisted on his continuation as Sri Lanka's President in 2022

Gotabaya Rajapaksha hints India insisted on his continuation as Sri Lanka's President in 2022

Gotabaya Rajapaksha hints India insisted on his continuation as Sri Lanka's President in 2022

07 March 2024, 10:57 IST

Sri Lanka Supreme Court holds Rajapaksa brothers and top officials responsible for worst economic crisis

Sri Lanka's economy collapsed as it shrank 7.8 per cent last year, pummelled by long power cuts, soaring inflation, a plunging rupee and record high interest rates caused by the worst financial crisis in over seven decades.

14 November 2023, 12:28 IST

Sri Lanka Supreme Court holds Rajapaksa brothers and top officials responsible for worst economic crisis

Sri Lanka Supreme Court holds Rajapaksa brothers and top officials responsible for worst economic crisis

Sri Lanka Supreme Court holds Rajapaksa brothers and top officials responsible for worst economic crisis

14 November 2023, 12:28 IST

Lanka marks 1st anniversary of July 9 people’s uprising

The public protests which started opposite his private residence in early March last year culminated in his ouster in mid-July.

09 July 2023, 09:57 IST

Sri Lanka marks first anniversary of July 9 people’s uprising

Sri Lanka marks first anniversary of July 9 people’s uprising

Lanka marks 1st anniversary of July 9 people’s uprising

09 July 2023, 09:57 IST

How Sri Lanka sleepwalked over a debt cliff

Many of Sri Lanka's outstanding foreign debt holders have expressed a willingness to restructure debt—but not all of them

24 February 2023, 08:56 IST

How Sri Lanka sleepwalked over a debt cliff

How Sri Lanka sleepwalked over a debt cliff

How Sri Lanka sleepwalked over a debt cliff

24 February 2023, 08:56 IST

Canada sanctions SL ex-prez for human rights violation

Also sanctioned are two senior military officers, including Ratnayake, whom a court sentenced to death for his role in a massacre of Tamils in 2000

10 January 2023, 19:55 IST

Canada sanctions Gotabaya and Mahinda Rajapaksa for human rights violation during Sri Lanka's civil war

Canada sanctions Gotabaya and Mahinda Rajapaksa for human rights violation during Sri Lanka's civil war

Canada sanctions SL ex-prez for human rights violation

10 January 2023, 19:55 IST