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  • Friday, 27 May, 2022
    InterviewSri Lanka
    China will help us weather financial crisis, says Sri Lanka’s prime minister

    Ranil Wickremesinghe says Beijing offers ‘a few hundred million dollars’ as Colombo seeks IMF bailout

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka becomes first Asia-Pacific country in decades to default on foreign debt

    Economic crisis deepens as nation misses interest payments on two international sovereign bonds

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Sri Lanka
    Crisis-hit Sri Lanka braces for debt default as dollars run out

    Grace period for Colombo to make interest payments on two international bonds expired on Wednesday

  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
    News in-depthSri Lanka
    ‘The president should resign’: Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa clings to power as crisis mounts

    Heir to country’s most powerful political dynasty appoints new PM in desperate bid to remain in office

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Person in the News
    Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s military-minded leader, takes his last stand

    A member of the nation’s defining political dynasty, the president never learnt how to govern

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka president urges calm as anti-government protests intensify

    National emergency extended after violent demonstrations over economic crisis

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka’s prime minister resigns as protests intensify

    Mahinda Rajapaksa steps down to pave way for cross-party government

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    Sri Lanka
    UN asks Sri Lanka to negotiate ‘debt-for-nature’ swaps to ease economic meltdown

    Indian Ocean island nation has been rocked by protests against food, medicine and fuel shortages

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
    News in-depthSri Lanka
    Sri Lanka’s economic crisis humbles the house of Rajapaksa

    Financial turmoil and mass demonstrations weaken family that has dominated politics for years

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka’s currency plunges to world’s worst-performing in economic meltdown

    Rupee sheds a third of its value against the dollar as deepening crisis raises threat of default

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka revokes emergency rule as finance minister quits after one day

    Economic crisis and protests threaten to tip country into political chaos

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    Sri Lanka
    Police fire tear gas at Sri Lankans protesting over economic crisis

    Unrest has been stoked by a foreign currency crunch, rolling blackouts and fuel shortages

  • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
    Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka forced into IMF U-turn after financial crisis sparks protests

    Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government is struggling to counter fuel shortages, blackouts and inflation

  • Monday, 7 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine crisis batters Sri Lanka’s tea and tourism recovery strategy

    Visitors from Russia and Ukraine were part of island’s plan to boost foreign currency reserves

  • Friday, 7 August, 2020
    Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksas tighten grip over country with election win

    Voters reward political dynasty with landslide victory for coronavirus control

  • Wednesday, 5 August, 2020
    News in-depthSri Lanka
    Sri Lankan elections offer Rajapaksas chance to cement power

    Political dynasty will move country closer to China as debt crisis looms, say analysts

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
    Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka’s new government poised to slash VAT rate

    Move likely to increase strain on public finances and put country on collision course with IMF

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    Sri Lanka
    Deep divisions confront Sri Lanka’s new president

    Tilting to India and west may depend on Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s handling of hardliners

  • Monday, 18 November, 2019
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Rajapaksa’s win risks Sri Lanka sliding backwards

    The new president carries shadows from his role as defence secretary

  • Sunday, 17 November, 2019
    Sri Lanka
    Gotabaya Rajapaksa wins Sri Lanka presidential poll

    Ex-defence chief leads family comeback amid public fury over Easter terror attacks

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Sri Lanka: how Easter attacks shaped presidential election

    A return to power for the Rajapaksa family could strengthen China’s sway over the strategic island

  • Sunday, 28 October, 2018
    Sri Lanka
    Sri Lankan crisis deepens as rivals claim premiership

    Stunning switch of loyalties plunges country into constitutional chaos

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