Tag: Lanka
Sri Lanka: New President of the Old Guard
Status: 07/20/2022 1:26 p.m Sri Lanka’s President Wickremesinghe is not a new beginning for the demonstrators. He doesn’t have the “mandate of the people here,” they emphasize, and don’t trust…
Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe elected new President
After mass protests Sri Lanka’s Parliament elects Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new President Ranil Wickremesinghe (archive photo) has won the presidential election in Sri Lanka © Ishara S. Kodikara /…
M6 donates 50,000 euros to Sri Lanka and calls for donations
It will be an opportunity to return the favor to “those who have nothing but who give us everything”. This Wednesday evening, from 9:10 p.m., during the broadcast of the…
Sri Lanka: Wickremesinghe elected President
Status: 07/20/2022 10:01 a.m Sri Lanka has a new President. Interim President Wickremesinghe was elected Head of State by Parliament. The unrest in the country should not end the election:…
Wickremesinghe becomes new President of Sri Lanka after mass protests
Thousands have been taking to the streets against the government for months, and Head of State Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled abroad. Parliament is now appointing Ranil Wickremesinghe as his successor.…
Sri Lanka: Hundred Days of Protest – Politics
They have been demonstrating on Galle Face Green, Colombo’s beach promenade, for more than a hundred days. The date was celebrated like a mountain festival, especially as protesters had managed…
How Sri Lanka bought the dependence – Opinion
One looks in disbelief at what is happening in Sri Lanka and asks oneself: how did it come to this? Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his clan had placed themselves at the…
Sri Lanka in crisis: “I’m disgusted with my situation”
report As of: 07/16/2022 5:37 p.m Sri Lanka has been in crisis for months. After the president’s resignation, people hope that someone will lead the country to a better future.…
After days of mass protests: Sri Lanka confirms the resignation of the president
Status: 07/15/2022 07:33 a.m The demonstrators had feared until the end, now the resignation of Sri Lanka’s President Rajapaksa has been officially confirmed. But the political chaos – and above…
Demonstrations in Sri Lanka: withdrawal from the palace – protest continues
Status: 07/14/2022 12:36 p.m In Sri Lanka, the demonstrators have announced their withdrawal from the occupied government buildings – but the protest should continue. The fleeing President Rajapaksa is apparently…