Ranil Wickremesinghe becomes the first former Sri Lankan head of state to be arrested in a country deeply damaged by corruption and lack of accountability.
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s toughest task will be to challenge the terms of an IMF bailout deal.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake touted his victory as a ‘fresh start’ for the South Asian nation, two years after it came to the brink of economic collapse.
After months of indefinite postponement, presidential and parliamentary elections will finally be held over the next two years.
Protests over shortages forced the ouster of Sri Lanka’s president, but the crisis has deep-set roots in ethnonationalism, which has encouraged corruption, argues an expert on the country’s politics.
Sri Lankans are contending with growing levels of starvation, death and disruption. Now they are also facing the brutal violence of the state.
Massive price rises in Sri Lanka have led to protesters looking for economic and governmental change.
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Lecturer in Modern South Asian Studies, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies., University of Oxford
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Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University
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Lecturer in History, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Associate Professor of Economics, Indiana University
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Professor in Development Geography, University of Gothenburg