Civil war in Sri Lanka

CHENNAI: Amid country-wide unrest and sheer public pressure for his resignation, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on Wednesday morning, a move experts said is on the expected lines. Speaking to The New Indian on Rajapaksa’s exit, Col. Hariharan, a noted Chennai-based Sri Lankan expert said, “It was expected. Yesterday, he also […]

  MUMBAI: Sri Lanka, the nation, is in the doldrums. On Monday, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa stepped down amid a growing economic meltdown. His resignation has thrown the country into a state of civil war as the people are setting the homes of ministers on fire. The scarcity of food and escalating inflation has torn […]