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In 2022, as protests began growing in Sri Lanka, Jaliya Wickramasuriya, former Sri Lankan ambassador to the United States and Mexico, and a cousin of the Rajapaksa brothers, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for defrauding $332,027 from the Sri Lankan government during the purchase of a new embassy building in 2013.
The 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis was a political crisis in Sri Lanka due to the power struggle between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the people of Sri Lanka. It was fueled by the anti-government protests and demonstrations by the public due to the economic crisis in the country .
On 5 December 2024, Lalkantha received backlash for comments he made in parliament regarding the human–widlife conflict in Sri Lanka. Lalkantha referred to crop-raiding experienced by local farmers, specifically by wild boar and monkey populations in the country. Calling it "animal terrorism," Lalkantha stated that "Farmers must know that ...
Thousands of people gathered along Whitehall for another demonstration against the ‘toxic’ Budget changes.
Sri Lanka's police used Tuesday tear gas and water cannons to disperse an opposition protest in the island nation facing its worst economic crisis while gearing up for a national election later ...
H.J.M Seneviratne, 63, slices through yellowed paddy stems dried out by a drought that has destroyed over 95% of his crop and is threatening crisis-hit Sri Lanka's summer rice harvest. Helped by a ...
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a Sri Lankan politician and former military officer who served as the 8th president of Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2022, initiated a self-imposed exile on 13 July 2022, following widespread protests led by civilians demanding his resignation, triggered by extensive discontent over his handling of the country's economic crisis.
Watch as Sir Keir Starmer faced Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, 11 December, as protesting farmers descended upon Westminster. Hundreds are expected to bring their tractors to the streets ...