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Desk By Karuna Ranil Wickremesinghe has been elected as the President of Sri Lanka. In the elections held on Wednesday in Sri Lanka’s Parliament, Acting President Wickremesinghe was chosen to become the country’s new leader. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Speaker of Parliament, declared Wickramasinghe the victory by a majority of 134 votes. A new election for president was held in the …

Desk By Karuna On Thursday, the Sri Lankan army deployed army tanks close to the parliament building. According to reports, army tanks were used to block parliament from being entered by protesters. On Wednesday, protesters surrounded the Prime Minister’s Office on Flower Road in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is now experiencing a severe political and economic crisis. On July 9, protesters …

Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the president of Sri Lanka, has left the nation. Rajapaksa arrived in Male, the capital of the Maldives, on a military plane at 3 am local time on Wednesday after the country could not contain the protests due to the economic crisis. Family control in Sri Lanka ended when Rajapaksa left the nation. He’s going to resign today, …

Desk By Karuna On July 13, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is set to resign immediately from office. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament, has been told about this by him. Speaker Gotabaya said on Saturday that he will resign immediately on July 13 in a statement from his office. According to a statement released by the …

Kathmandu, June 17 Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to offer a roadmap to parliament soon to aid the country’s recovery from its current economic crisis. Bikram Singh stated that the roadmap will be created after parliamentarians met on Thursday night to examine the present economic situation and received recommendations and comments. Finance Ministry Secretary Mahinda Siriwardena informed …

Kathmandu, June 6 Pakistan, unlike Sri Lanka, is said to be on the verge of a financial crisis. True Ceylon has warned that as Pakistan advances forward, it would face a "severe economic disaster," despite the country's rejection of its previous mistakes and internal disrespect for the current circumstances. True Ceylon has stated that Pakistan is following in the footsteps …

Kathmandu, May 25 Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has been assigned with the Ministry of Finance. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has also delegated authority for the Ministry of Finance to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, ignoring the country’s economic crisis. Due to a severe lack of foreign exchange, petrol, food, and other critical necessities are in limited supply in Sri Lanka. …

Kathmandu, May 23 According to the central bank, remittances to employees in Sri Lanka dropped by 50% in April compared to the same month the previous year. According to the bank’s published numbers issued on Sunday, the decrease was more than 248.9 million compared to the same period last year. Sri Lanka got 2.38 billion in remittances from foreign labours …

Kathmandu, May 16 Due to the continuous rainfall, extreme flood danger was declared in Sri Lanka on Saturday. Along with the rains, natural calamities such as floods and landslides have happened. The worst flooding has been in the Ratanpura area, south of Colombo. More than 82 houses in the district have been destroyed by floods and landslides, as well as …

Kathmandu, May 12 Faced with a serious economic crisis and a lack of critical supplies, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka has begun the process of appointing a new prime minister. He had stated previously, under the condition of anonymity, that he would not resign but would instead select a new prime minister. In Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa …