Embattled Sri Lanka President Gotabaya signs resignation letter

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has signed his letter of resignation on Monday (July 11, 2022), according to the Daily Mirror. The resignation would be made public by the Speaker of Parliament tomorrow.
12 July 2022, 07:08 AM

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya's humiliating standoff with airport staff blocking his exit

Sri Lanka’s embattled president was stuck in his own country Tuesday in a humiliating standoff with airport immigration staff blocking his exit to safety abroad, official sources said Tuesday.
12 July 2022, 06:19 AM

Parliament to elect new Sri Lanka president July 20

Sri Lanka's parliament will reconvene on July 15 and a new president will be elected on July 20, the parliamentary speaker said on Monday, as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to resign on Wednesday amid a devastating economic crisis.
11 July 2022, 13:53 PM

Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa to resign, confirms PM office

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will resign, the prime minister’s office said on Monday, after tens of thousands of protesters stormed the official residences of both men.
11 July 2022, 04:34 AM

Sri Lanka opposition meets today to form new govt

Sri Lanka’s opposition political parties were meeting Sunday to agree on a new government a day after the country’s president and prime minister offered to resign in the most dramatic day of monthslong political turmoil, with protesters storming both leaders’ homes and setting fire to one of the buildings in a rage over the economic crisis.
10 July 2022, 13:05 PM

India’s BSF, Pakistan’s Rangers exchange Eid greetings with sweets at Attari-Wagah border

Keeping up a tradition, the Border Security Force (BSF) of India and Rangers of Pakistan exchanged sweets at the Attari-Wagah border check-post today (July 10, 2022) on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.
10 July 2022, 09:26 AM

Modi’s Eid letter to PM Hasina: “Let’s continue to deliver inclusive growth for our citizens”

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to work with Bangladesh for inclusive growth, despite an increasingly complex and challenging international environment, taking cues from the lessons of sacrifice and sharing of Eid-ul-Azha.
10 July 2022, 08:55 AM

Sri Lankans roam through presidential palace as calm returns to Colombo

Sri Lankans roamed through a ransacked presidential palace on Sunday as calm returned to the commercial capital, Colombo, a day after protesters stormed the building and forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to announce his resignation.
10 July 2022, 08:21 AM

Protestors set Sri Lanka PM’s house on fire

A mob stormed into Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's home in Colombo on Saturday evening and set it ablaze, police and his office said.
9 July 2022, 18:33 PM

Sri Lanka president to step down, after palace stormed: Parliamentary speaker

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will step down next Wednesday, the country's parliamentary speaker said on Saturday, bowing to popular pressure after a day of violent protests in which demonstrators stormed the president's official residence and set fire to the prime minister's home in Colombo.
9 July 2022, 18:18 PM

Sri Lanka PM Wickremesinghe to step down as protests flare

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe agreed to resign on Saturday after party leaders in Parliament demanded both he and the embattled president step down on the day protesters stormed the president’s residence and office in a fury over a worsening economic crisis.
9 July 2022, 14:05 PM

Protesters storm Sri Lanka president's residence, office after Rajapaksa leaves ahead of demo

Thousands of Sri Lankan protesters stormed into the president's official residence in Colombo on Saturday, demanding his resignation as public anger grows over the country's worst economic crisis in seven decades.
9 July 2022, 09:35 AM

Police in Sri Lanka impose curfew after firing tear gas on student protesters

Police in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo imposed a curfew after firing tear gas and using a water cannon on student protesters on Friday ahead of a planned weekend rally, as public discontent escalates over the worst economic crisis in seven decades.
8 July 2022, 17:21 PM

Pakistan flood kills 9

A 12-year-old boy suspected to be working illegally at a coal mine was among at least nine people killed by a flash flood at a quarry in southern
7 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Sri Lankans take to bicycles to ride out economic crisis

For the last two weeks, Sri Lankan doctor Thusitha Kahaduwa has left his car in the garage and done his patient rounds by bicycle, spending hours each day criss-crossing the commercial capital Colombo.
7 July 2022, 17:34 PM

Nepal’s finance minister quits

Nepal’s Finance Minister Janardan Sharma resigned yesterday after the Speaker ordered an investigation into allegations of unauthorised changes in the budget.
6 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Changes in budget: Nepal’s finance minister quits

Nepal’s Finance Minister Janardan Sharma resigned yesterday after the parliamentary Speaker ordered an investigation into allegations of unauthorised changes in the budget.
6 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Nepal finance minister quits after probe ordered against him

Nepal's Finance Minister Janardan Sharma resigned on Wednesday after the parliamentary speaker ordered an investigation into allegations of unauthorised changes in the state budget.
6 July 2022, 14:03 PM

PM Hasina’s mango diplomacy: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif gets 1 metric tonne Amrapali

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sent 1000kg of famed Amrapali mango to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as gift in a gesture of goodwill.
5 July 2022, 16:11 PM

"West Bengal should learn from Bangladesh how to conserve hilsa, meet demands"

Shankar Dey, a mid-ranking government officer in south Kolkata’s Deshopriya Park locality, makes it a point to browse the nearby Lake Market early every morning in search of quality fish.
5 July 2022, 13:07 PM