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A landslide in hilly south-central Sri Lanka is believed to have killed more than 100 people, a death toll that is likely to rise. Pavithra George reports.
Images from the Sri Lankan town of Rambukkana on Wednesday, a day after clashes between police and demonstrators resulted in the death of a protester after being shot. An indefinite curfew has been imposed in the area. The South Asian country is in the grip of its most painful economic downturn since independence in 1948, with regular blackouts and severe shortages of fuel and other goods causing widespread misery. Huge protests have called for the resignation of the government, which is preparing to negotiate an urgently needed bailout with the International Monetary Fund. IMAGES
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Jun 7 (EFE/EPA).-(Camera: Chamila Karunarathne) At least 16 people have died in monsoon-triggered floods and landslides that forced thousands out of their homes in Sri Lanka, officials said on Monday.The officials said over 270,000 people were affected by the rains that lashed out for days and caused heavy flooding across the island nation.FOOTAGE OF THE KADUWELA SUBURB IN COLOMBO.
Beliatta, Aug 7 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka's ruling Rajapaksa brothers won a landslide in the parliamentary election, according to the final results declared Friday, receiving a fresh mandate to cement their grip on power.The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) led by the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's all-powerful elder brother Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa won 145 seats in the 225-member parliament.The main opposition United National Party (UNP), one of the oldest political groups in the country, led by former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, was decimated as it secured a meager 2.15 percent votes and managed to win just one seat. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE). SHOT LIST: SRI LANKAN PRIME MINISTER ELECT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA CELEBRATES AND GREETS PEOPLE AT HIS HOME IN BELIATTA, HAMBANTOTA, SRI LANKA.
Colombo (Sri Lanka), May 21 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Chamila Karunarathne).- At least three people died and nine were injured in a stampede on Thursday in Colombo when hundreds of people gathered at the residence of a businessman who was distributing aid to needy families.FOOTAGE OF THE PLACE WHERE THE STAMPEDE TOOK PLACE.
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