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Sri Lankan protests

Interviews

India an honest neighbour to us, without India Sri Lanka would have gone bankrupt much earlier: Roshan Abeysinghe in Exclusive interview with OpIndia

Siddharth Chhaya - 8 August, 2022

Amidst Sri Lanka the crisis, Roshan Abeysinghe, spoke to OpIndia for an exclusive interview on a host of subjects

News Reports

Sri Lanka: Protester Danish Ali arrested, had interrupted official TV Rupavahini broadcast to give his own message during anti-Govt protests

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2022

On July 13, Danish Ali who represents ‘Aragala Protestors’ had come on air along with one of his aides and disrupted the scheduled TV program. He had taken over the special broadcast talk show and had told the anchor and audience that they had taken over the station on behalf of the people.

News Reports

Sri Lanka: Dinesh Gunawardena appointed as Prime Minister as President Wickremesinghe constitutes cabinet

OpIndia Staff - 22 July, 2022

Dinesh Gunawardena took his oath as Prime Minister today at the Prime Minister's Office on Flower Road in Colombo.

News Reports

Sri Lanka: Prime Minister and acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as the new president

OpIndia Staff - 20 July, 2022

After Gotabaya Rajapaksa left Sri Lanka and resigned from the post of president, PM Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as new president

Opinions

Sri Lanka crisis: Liberals scream about ‘majoritarianism’ to avoid talking about dynastic loot, cronyism, rent-seeking

Ganesh R - 12 July, 2022

It is weird that so many of you ‘fearless and independent’ folks that call yourself economists, journalists and academicians are blaming the exact same thing – majoritarianism - for Sri Lanka crisis

Satire

Ichhadhaari protestor Yogendra Yadav heads to Sri Lanka to become the leader of the protests against the local government

Amit Kelkar - 11 July, 2022

Out of work, and out of headlines, since the farmers' protest in India, the andolanjeevi inside Yogendra Yadav couldn't stop himself after seeing the news of the protests on TV.