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What Next For Sri Lanka?

Sri Lankans celebrated Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation as president, but they will understandably be concerned about the outcome of Wednesday's presidential election. With parliament Speaker......

Speaker appoints Prime Minister Wickremesinghe as Lanka's acting president

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed as the country's acting president after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on a military jet on Wednesday in the face of......

Sri Lankan CID grills Mahinda over May 9 violence

The Sri Lankan police have questioned former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and recorded a three-hour-long statement over the violent clashes between his supporters and anti-government protesters......

'Go home' chant getting louder as pressure mounts on Gotabaya to quit

A massive anti-government street protest demanding Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation has turned into an all-night vigil as over 10,000 demonstrators gathered at the Galle Face......

Mahinda supporters attack anti-govt protesters, 23 injured

At least 23 people were injured as supporters of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday attacked anti-government demonstrators gathered at a protest site near his official residence,......

Unfair deals? Lanka halts $1.4-billion Chinese port project

Sri Lanka's suspension of a project to build a glittering skyline on land reclaimed from the Indian Ocean has prompted China to defend its investment, in a test of Beijing's ambitions to fund loans......

Innovation lessons for India from Isarel

Israel is an incredibly innovative nation. It ranks the highest in the world in the per capita number of patents filed, notes R Gopalakrishnan. One response to my last InnoColumn was......

Cummins has India on radar after crushing Sri Lanka

IMAGE: Australia pacer Pat Cummins celebrates dismissing Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka on Day 1 of the first Test at Galle International Stadium, Sri Lanka. Photograph: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty......

Kohli faces opening conundrum as India look to seal series

If KL Rahul is fit, Abhinav Mukund will be expectedly left out, a strange coincidence because he was the original back-up opener in this Test squad ahead of Shikhar Dhawan. IMAGE: India captain......

Australia to tour Sri Lanka after five years

IMAGE: Australian players celebrate victory on Day 5 of the first Test against New Zealand at The Gabba, in Brisbane. Photographs: Chris Hyde/Getty Images. Australia will play their first Test......

Cricket Buzz: Fit-again Prithvi Shaw to make comeback

IMAGE: The 19-year-old had played an impressive centurion knock in his debut Test against West Indies in 2018 but was ruled out of the Australia Test series due to an ankle injury. Photograph:......

A wish-list for Indian cricket in 2016

More runs from Virat Kohli. India winning the World T20 at home. A controversy-free IPL and more is what Harish Kotian/Rediff.com wants this year. IMAGE: Team India in a huddle. Photograph: BCCI......

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