Video shows the moment Sri Lanka’s new president, Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake, was sworn in after a landslide election win fuelled by public anger over the fallout from the economic crisis in 2022. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News
Since the war, Israel has banned the entry of tens of thousands of Palestinian workers. Thousands of people from Gaza were detained and then sent back to a war zone or to the West Bank where they remain stranded. Now, Israel is on a recruitment drive in countries such as India and Sri Lanka to address its labour shortage. Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from Galaha, Central Sri lanka. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Israel #India #SriLanka #IsraelLabourShortage #IsraelGazaWar #GazaWar
Hundreds of small businesses are collapsing in Sri Lanka – due to the ongoing economic crisis. Getting an International Monetary Fund bailout comes with stringent conditions, including higher interest rates and subsidy cuts – making it difficult for entrepreneurs to survive. It is particularly hard for farmers and fisherman in rural areas. Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from Palaly, Sri Lanka. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #SriLanka #SriLankaEconomicCrisis #SriLankaSmallBusinesses #InternationalMonetaryFund #SriLankaEconomy
Despite a leadership change in July, Sri Lankans are still dealing with long food and gas queues after months of protests over shortages. And amid the ongoing economic and political uncertainty, human rights groups have criticised President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s government for continuing to keep protest leaders in jail. Al Jazeera’s @MinelleFernandez reports from Colombo, Sri Lanka. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #SriLanka #protests
Police have fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters in Sri Lanka after the president fled the country and the prime minister declared a state of emergency. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #SriLanka #Protestors #PrimeMinister #SriLankCrisis
#SRILanka #stocks #emergingmarkets #YahooFinance Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Director Josh Lipsky joins Yahoo Finance Live anchors Akiko Fujita and Brian Cheung to discuss what led to recent protests and the economic collapse in Sri Lanka as well as what it means for other countries and global markets. Don’t Miss: Valley of Hype: The Culture That Built Elizabeth Holmes WATCH HERE: Subscribe to Yahoo Finance: https://yhoo.it/2fGu5Bb About Yahoo Finance: At Yahoo Finance, you get free stock quotes, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, social interaction and mortgage rates that help you manage your financial life. Yahoo Finance Plus: With a subscription to Yahoo Finance Plus get the tools you need […]
“I don’t want anyone to starve.” As Sri Lanka runs out of fuel, its newly appointed Prime Minister has told Al Jazeera about his plans to address the economic and humanitarian crisis. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News
Sri Lanka is sending two government ministers to Russia to negotiate for fuel – as pumps run dry. The army has been deployed to the few stations that have any fuel left, to help implement a new rationing system. The government has extended a two-week closure of non-essential state institutions. There’s been widespread anger at the president because of decades of economic mismanagement. Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from Colombo. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News
Government officials have had their properties set alight by protesters in Sri Lanka. On Monday the prime minister quit, after the most violent day of protests so far. Now they are demanding the president step down. #aljazeeranewsfeed #aljazeeraenglish #srilanka #srilankanews
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned after protests over the island nation’s worsening economic crisis turned deadly. In a statement on Monday, his office said he was quitting in order to help form an interim, unity government, following weeks of often violent protests across the country over spiraling prices and shortages of fuel and other vital imports. Earlier, a government official said Rajapaksa, who has dominated Sri Lankan politics for nearly 20 years and whose government crushed the Tamil Tigers to bring an end to a long civil war, has sent his letter of resignation to the president. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is the prime minister’s younger brother. Al […]
