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Military, police authorised to arrest people without warrants a day after deadly violence and PM’s resignation.

Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops and police Tuesday to enforce a curfew after five people were killed in the worst violence in weeks of protests over an unprecedented economic crisis. Nearly 200 were also wounded Monday as prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned, but that did little to calm public…

The administration focused on consolidating power in government, ignoring the financial and political crises.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned after weeks of protests demanding he and his brother, the president, step down over the worst economic crisis in decades, an official said.

Mahinda 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, resigned as prime minister on Monday after intensifying anti-government protests.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned Monday as an outbreak of political violence in the country killed five people including an MP and wounded more than 150.

The resignation comes hours after PM’s supporters attacked anti-government demonstrators in the capital Colombo.

Dozens of houses belonging to Rajapaksa loyalists set on fire across the nation amid an economic crisis.

The Four Seasons is bringing Sri Lanka’s popular Ministry of Crab to Bengaluru, serving crabs from Chennai, for a two-day pop-up dining experience