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Sri Lanka faces medical emergency as economic crisis hits drug supplies

Union warns of complete breakdown of health system with hospitals ‘all running out of medicines’

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lankan lawmakers seek interim government to solve crisis

A group of Sri Lankan governing party lawmakers has called for the appointment of an interim government

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka crisis: Gotabaya Rajapaksa loses parliamentary majority

41 lawmakers leave coalition, leaving Rajapaksa’s government with fewer than the 113 members needed to maintain a majority in the 225-member house

The Hindu

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Sri Lanka ruling alliance loses majority ahead of parliament meet

Finance minister quits after one day as parliament to reconvene for the first time since the imposition of emergency.

Al Jazeera

Exclusive-Ex-Sri Lanka cenbanker Weerasinghe says he accepts offer to be new governor

Former Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) official P. Nandalal Weerasinghe said on Monday he had accepted an offer from the country's president to become the bank's next governor amid a deepening economic crisis and unrest.

Reuters

Sri Lanka's ruling coalition loses parliamentary majority amid growing protests

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's ruling coalition lost its majority in parliament on Tuesday after at least 41 lawmakers walked out of the alliance amid growing unrest over an economic crisis, according to parliamentary proceedings.

Reuters

Sri Lanka president revokes emergency order, govt in disarray as economic crisis deepens

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revoked a state of emergency late on Tuesday after dozens of lawmakers walked out of the ruling coalition, leaving his government in a minority in parliament as it struggled to quell protests amid the country's worst economic crisis in decades.

Reuters

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Sri Lankan police fire tear gas, water cannons to quell protests in front of PM Mahinda Rajapaksa’s home

Around 2,000 people descended near the PM Mahinda Rajapaksa’s residence and pulled down barricades chanting anti-Rajapaksa slogans

The Hindu

Sri Lanka president proposes multiparty Cabinet amid crisis

Sri Lanka’s president asked opposition parties to form a unity government on Monday

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka president invites all parties in parliament to join govt

Sri Lanka's president on Monday invited all political parties represented in parliament to accept ministerial portfolios to help find a way out of the country's worst economic crisis in decades, his office said in a statement.

Reuters

Sri Lanka gets new finance minister, cenbank governor as unrest grows

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dropped his brother as finance minister and sought a new central bank governor on Monday, as crowds angry over the country's deepening economic crisis surrounded the homes of several lawmakers.

Reuters

All Cabinet Ministers quit in Sri Lanka

Mahinda remains PM, to meet Gotabaya.

The Hindu

Police fire tear gas as Sri Lanka protesters defy curfew

Protesters rally across Sri Lanka despite curfew, demanding President Rajapaksa resign over worsening economic crisis.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka blocks social media amid calls for more protests

Sri Lanka has blocked access to many social media platforms in an attempt to prevent further protests blaming the government for the worsening economic crisis

The Independent UK

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Reuters

Protesters in Sri Lanka defy curfew, police fire tear gas at students

Protesters in the Sri Lanka's largest city Colombo held numerous small, peaceful demonstrations over a severe economic crisis on Sunday, defying a nationwide curfew, while police used tear gas to disperse student protesters in the central city of Kandy.

The Independent UK

Sri Lankan president declares curfew to preempt protests

Sri Lanka has imposed a countrywide curfew until Monday morning, in addition to a state of emergency declared by the president, in an attempt to prevent more unrest after protesters took to the streets blaming the government for the worsening economic crisis

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka police impose 36-hour curfew to quell unrest

The 36-hour curfew and state of emergency come after protests against shortages of food, fuel and power turned violent.

Bangkok Post

Sri Lanka deploys troops to quell protests

COLOMBO: Troops armed with sweeping powers were deployed in Sri Lanka on Saturday with the near-bankrupt country on edge after the president declared a state of emergency to quell escalating protests against him.

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Reuters

Sri Lanka imposes curfew after president declares state of emergency

Sri Lanka's government imposed a weekend curfew on Saturday, even as hundreds of lawyers urged President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to revoke a state of emergency introduced following unrest over fuel and other shortages in a deep economic crisis.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency as protests spread

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa invokes tough laws amid protests over Sri Lanka’s deepening economic crisis.

Reuters

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency amid unrest over economic woes

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a nationwide state of emergency late on Friday, in the face of growing public unrest amid the country's worst economic crisis in decades.

The Hindu

Sri Lanka’s rage

President Rajapaksa must acknowledge popular anger and come up with a recovery plan

The Independent UK

Dozens arrested in Sri Lanka following protests over economy

Dozens of people were arrested in Sri Lanka following protests near the president’s home demanding that he resign amid the country’s worst economic crisis in memory

Reuters

Sri Lanka lifts curfew after violent protests over economic crisis

Police in Sri Lanka's capital lifted a curfew on Friday after protests in which dozens of people were arrested and injured near the home of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over his handling of an economic crisis.

The Hindu

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