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Sri Lanka's new cabinet of ministers sworn in

STORY: Sri Lanka's new cabinet of ministers sworn in DATELINE: July 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:38 LOCATION: Colombo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of sworn-in ceremonies of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and President Ranil Wickremesinghe STORYLINE: Eighteen ministers including Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena were sworn into Sri Lanka's new cabinet before President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo on Friday. Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in as the prime minister earlier in the day, and he also held the position of the minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, and Local Government. The new cabinet of ministers was sworn in after Ranil Wickremesinghe won an election in parliament on July 20 to become the new president of Sri Lanka following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Colombo. (XHTV)

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Sri Lanka's acting president declares state of emergency

STORY: Sri Lanka's acting president declares state of emergency DATELINE: July 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: Colombo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the president's office 2. various of a library 3. various of street views 4. various of vehicles queuing for fuel 5. various of the Colombo Lotus Tower 6. various of street views STORYLINE: Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a nationwide state of emergency effective from Monday. A special gazette notice said Wickremesinghe declared the state of emergency in the interests of public security, the protection of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community. Sri Lanka's parliament is scheduled to elect a new president on July 20 following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who flew to Singapore via the Maldives, amid a severe economic crisis in the South Asian country. Nominations for the presidential candidates will be called on Tuesday. Xinhua News Agency corre

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-INTERIM PRESIDENT-SWORN IN

(220715) -- COLOMBO, July 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (R) is sworn in as interim president in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 15, 2022. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as interim president before the chief justice on Friday, following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, according to the prime minister's office. (Sri Lankan Prime Minister's Office/Handout via Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-INTERIM PRESIDENT-SWORN IN

(220715) -- COLOMBO, July 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (R) is sworn in as interim president in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 15, 2022. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as interim president before the chief justice on Friday, following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, according to the prime minister's office. (Sri Lankan Prime Minister's Office/Handout via Xinhua)

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Sri Lankan president resigns, PM sworn in as interim president

STORY: Sri Lankan president resigns, PM sworn in as interim president DATELINE: July 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Colombo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): JAMILA HUSAIN, Xinhua reporter 2. various of press briefing of parliament speaker 3. various of swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as interim president STORYLINE SOUNDBITE (English): JAMILA HUSAIN, Xinhua reporter "I'm standing outside the Sri Lankan president's office. Gotabaya Rajapaksa is no longer the president of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Friday morning officially announced to the nation that Gotabaya Rajapaksa had resigned as the president of Sri Lanka, and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will now function as an interim president. The parliament will elect a new president within seven days after which a new government will come into place. Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has urged for calm and has informed the citizens to allow a smooth transition

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GLOBALink | Sri Lankan president resigns, PM sworn in as interim president

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as interim president before the chief justice on Friday, following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, according to the prime minister's office. Earlier in the day, Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said he has received the resignation letter of the president, and from this point forth the president has legally resigned from his legal duties and responsibilities. "Under these circumstances, the constitutional procedure of appointing a new president will now be activated. Until this constitutional procedure is over, according to the constitution the prime minister will function in the capacity of the president overseeing functions, duties, and powers of the office of the president," the speaker told a media briefing. The speaker added that parliament will convene on July 16 and he requested all legislators to attend parliamentary sessions on that day. He requested maximum cooperation for the democratic process of

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-PRSIDENT-RESIGNATION

(220715) -- COLOMBO, July 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (1st R) attends a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 15, 2022. The speaker on Friday announced the official resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will be sworn in as an interim president. (Xinhua/Che Hongliang)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-PRSIDENT-RESIGNATION

(220715) -- COLOMBO, July 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (R) attends a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 15, 2022. The speaker on Friday announced the official resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will be sworn in as an interim president. (Xinhua/Che Hongliang)

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Sri Lankan government effectively collapses

People sit in the compound of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence in Colombo on July 13, 2022, after the president fled the country to the Maldivian capital Male following pressure from anti-government protesters amid the economic crisis.

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Sri Lankan government effectively collapses

People enter Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence in Colombo on July 13, 2022, after the president fled the country to the Maldivian capital Male following pressure from anti-government protesters amid the economic crisis.

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Sri Lankan government effectively collapses

People sit beside a swimming pool in the compound of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence in Colombo on July 13, 2022, after the president fled the country to the Maldivian capital Male following pressure from anti-government protesters amid the economic crisis.

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Sri Lankan president Rajapaksa arrives in Maldives

STORY: Sri Lankan president Rajapaksa arrives in Maldives DATELINE: July 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Colombo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): JAMILA HUSAIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various footages of street near prime minister's office on Wednesday 3. various footages of street in Colombo on Wednesday STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): JAMILA HUSAIN, Xinhua correspondent "I am standing several hundred meters away from Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, who announced early in the day that Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had left the country. The Sri Lanka air force, in a statement to journalists, said that the president and his wife, Ioma Rajapaksa, had been transported on board a military jet to the Maldives's capital of Male. The Sri Lanka air force said the president had been transported out of the country as he had still not handed in his resignation, and he was still the head of state. And according to the Sri Lanka constitution, he was given all dipl

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Sri Lanka's parliament to elect new president on July 20

STORY: Sri Lanka's parliament to elect new president on July 20 DATELINE: July 12, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:18 LOCATION: Colombo CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): JAMILA HUSAIN, Xinhua reporter in Colombo 2. vehicles queuing for fuel in Colombo 3. people queuing for gas 4. people walking along seaside STORYLINE: Sri Lanka's speaker of parliament said political party leaders have decided to elect a new president on July 20 through a vote in parliament. STANDUP (English): JAMILA HUSAIN, Xinhua reporter in Colombo "Sri Lanka is in the midst of a severe economic crisis. Today, July 12th, thousands of people have lined up in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo to receive the gas and fuel shipments after shipments arrived a day before. On my right, you can see thousands of people who have queued up to receive their gasoline after months. And on my left, you can see thousands more who have queued up just to get some liters of petrol and diesel. Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was sworn i

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Sri Lankan PM agrees to quit after protesters storm president's residence

STORY: Sri Lankan PM agrees to quit after protesters storm president's residence DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:32 LOCATION: Colombo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 various of protesters STORYLINE: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to resign after party leaders in the parliament demanded both he and the president resign, as protesters stormed the president's residence and office on Saturday. A statement from the prime minister's office said Wickremesinghe told party leaders that he will resign when all parties have agreed on forming a new government. The prime minister's decision came after tens of thousands of protesters broke through barricades and entered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence and office. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Colombo. (XHTV)

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Sri Lankan president appoints new prime minister

STORY: Sri Lankan president appoints new prime minister DATELINE: May 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: Colombo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the swearing-in ceremony 2. various of previous protests STORYLINE: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed leader of the United National Party Ranil Wickremesinghe as the prime minister on Thursday. Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the prime minister by Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo Thursday evening. Wickremesinghe had served as the prime minister. Mahinda Rajapaksa stepped down as the prime minister on Monday, following violent incidents reported between pro-government groups and anti-government protesters. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Colombo. (XHTV)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-PM-SWORN IN

(220512) -- COLOMBO, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Ranil Wickremesinghe (L front) is sworn in as the prime minister by Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (R front) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 12, 2022. Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed leader of the United National Party Ranil Wickremesinghe as the prime minister on Thursday. (Sri Lankan President Media Division/Handout via Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-STATE OF EMERGENCY

(220402) -- COLOMBO, April 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A vendor displays rechargeable flashlight to customers at a market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 2, 2022. Sri Lanka declared an islandwide curfew from 6 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Monday as the country faced a severe power crisis and rising inflation. On Friday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued the Extraordinary Gazette declaring a state of public emergency in Sri Lanka with immediate effect. Rajapaksa said the emergency was declared in the interests of public security, protection of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community. (Xinhua/Tang Lu)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-STATE OF EMERGENCY

(220402) -- COLOMBO, April 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Local people wait on the platform at a railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 31, 2022. Sri Lanka declared an islandwide curfew from 6 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Monday as the country faced a severe power crisis and rising inflation. On Friday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued the Extraordinary Gazette declaring a state of public emergency in Sri Lanka with immediate effect. Rajapaksa said the emergency was declared in the interests of public security, protection of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community. (Xinhua/Tang Lu)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-STATE OF EMERGENCY

(220402) -- COLOMBO, April 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 1, 2022 shows the exterior view of a shopping center during the power cut in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka declared an islandwide curfew from 6 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Monday as the country faced a severe power crisis and rising inflation. On Friday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued the Extraordinary Gazette declaring a state of public emergency in Sri Lanka with immediate effect. Rajapaksa said the emergency was declared in the interests of public security, protection of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community. (Xinhua/Tang Lu)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-STATE OF EMERGENCY

(220402) -- COLOMBO, April 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People check the train schedule in the dim light during the power cut at a railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 31, 2022. Sri Lanka declared an islandwide curfew from 6 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Monday as the country faced a severe power crisis and rising inflation. On Friday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued the Extraordinary Gazette declaring a state of public emergency in Sri Lanka with immediate effect. Rajapaksa said the emergency was declared in the interests of public security, protection of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community. (Xinhua/Tang Lu)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-BIMSTEC SUMMIT

(220331) -- COLOMBO, March 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa participates in the 5th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit hosted by Sri Lanka on March 30, 2022. The 5th BIMSTEC summit was held by Sri Lanka from Monday to Wednesday. (Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Handout via Xinhua)

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Sri Lanka mourns death of famous Indian tusker

STORY: Sri Lanka mourns death of famous Indian tusker DATELINE: March 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: COLOMBO CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people mourning the death of the ceremonial tusker "Nadungamuwa Raja" in Gampaha, Sri Lanka 2. file footage of Nadungamuwa Raja STORYLINE: Sri Lankan citizens on Monday mourned the death of the famous Indian tusker "Nadungamuwa Raja," which died in the early hours of the day following a brief illness. The elephant was in its sixties at the time of its death. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa instructed officials to name the deceased tusker as a national treasure and preserve its body for future generations. Wildlife officials said the animal, towering 10.5 feet in height, was a celebrated pachyderm and the tallest tamed tusker in the country. The elephant also had its own armed guards and had for years participated in the Buddhist religious parade known as the Esala Perahera in Kandy. Elephants, as sacred animals in Sri Lanka, o

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-INDEPENDENCE DAY-CELEBRATIONS

(220204) -- COLOMBO, Feb. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (C) raises a national flag during the Independence Day celebrations in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 4, 2022. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-INDEPENDENCE DAY-CELEBRATIONS

(220204) -- COLOMBO, Feb. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Front) speaks during the Independence Day celebrations in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 4, 2022. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-INDEPENDENCE DAY-AMNESTY

(220204) -- COLOMBO, Feb. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Prisoners are released from Welikada prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 4, 2022. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday granted an amnesty for 197 prisoners on the country's Independence Day, the government information department said. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-INDEPENDENCE DAY-AMNESTY

(220204) -- COLOMBO, Feb. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Prisoners are released from Welikada prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 4, 2022. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday granted an amnesty for 197 prisoners on the country's Independence Day, the government information department said. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-INDEPENDENCE DAY-AMNESTY

(220204) -- COLOMBO, Feb. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Prisoners are released from Welikada prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 4, 2022. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday granted an amnesty for 197 prisoners on the country's Independence Day, the government information department said. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-CHINA-WANG YI-VISIT (CN)

(220110) -- COLOMBO, Jan. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa visit a photo exhibition in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 9, 2022. Wang, during his visit, met with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Foreign Minister G. L. Peiris, and attended a ceremony to launch a series of events marking the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Sri Lanka, and the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Rubber-Rice Pact. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-PRESIDENT-CHINA-WANG YI-MEETING

(220110) -- COLOMBO, Jan. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (R) meets with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 9, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Media Division/Handout via Xinhua)