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Sri Lanka: President Ranil Wickremesinghe invites all parties to form national government

Wickremesinghe also proposed to start a dialogue with parties on the reintroduction of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which pruned presidential powers by empowering Parliament above the executive president

Sri Lanka crisis: Three candidates in the fray to replace former president Rajapaksa

The winner will take charge of a bankrupt nation that is in talks with the IMF for a bailout, with its 22 million people enduring severe shortages of food, fuel and medicines

Sri Lankan crisis: 'India hopes for early solution through democratic means,' says Arindam Bagchi

Rajapaksa and his wife fled to the Maldives on Wednesday bowing to months of mass protests over the island nation's worst economic crisis in decades

After Maldives, Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa makes his way to Singapore; next destination to be Jeddah

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife Ioma Rajapaksa, and two bodyguards were to take a Singapore Airline last night but due to security concerns they could not board and had to stay back in the Maldives

Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work as it battles acute fuel shortage

State- and government-approved private schools closed Friday amid the worsening fuel shortage, with thousands of people waiting in queues at fuel stations across the country for days at a time

Sri Lanka crisis: PM Wickremesinghe to discuss constitutional amendment to curb presidential powers with attorney general's office

The 21st Amendment is expected to annul the 20A which gave unfettered powers to President Rajapaksa after abolishing the 19th Amendment which had made Parliament powerful over the president

Sri Lanka crisis: Police under pressure to arrest Rajapaksa loyalists involved in attacks on protesters

Police have arrested some 230 people on charges including violation of curfew, attacking the public and causing damages to public and private properties since 9 May

Rajapaksa dynasty crumbles as Sri Lanka economy tanks

With soaring prices, fuel and food shortages and lengthy power cuts, Sri Lankans have been protesting for weeks, calling for both the Rajapaksas to step down. Mahinda resigned on 9 May

Explained: The challenges ahead for fifth-time Sri Lanka prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe

Amid protests over the handling of Sri Lanka’s worst-ever economic crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed veteran leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister. But will this placate the angry Opposition and common man?

Sri Lanka crisis: Opposition split over the choice of the next prime minister

Sri Lanka has been without a government since Monday when Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned after violence erupted following an attack on the anti-government protesters by his supporters