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Sri Lanka Prime Minister offers resignation amid worst economic crisis - official

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday offered his resignation amid the island nation's worst economic crisis since independence that has led to widespread protests, a government official said.

Reuters

Sri Lanka MP among five killed as violence escalates

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

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka prime minister resigns, curfew imposed after clashes

Sri Lanka's prime minister resigned on Monday to make way for a unity government that would try to find a way out of the country's worst economic crisis in history, but protesters said they also wanted his brother to stand down as president.

Reuters

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Unions begin 'Week of Protests' as Sri Lanka crisis deepens

Trade unions are starting their “Week of Protests” on Monday, demanding the government and country’s president to step down over the country’s worst economic crisis in memory

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka needs a currency board

The war in Ukraine has generated an economic tidal wave, which is crashing over countries near and far. Among the more far-flung is Sri Lanka, where surging food and fuel prices have supercharged a downward spiral that was already underway. Now, the island is being rocked by street protests, and…

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The unfolding crisis in Sri Lanka

The Detail talks to Sri Lankan Kiwi and Newshub journalist Kethaki Masilamani about the crisis in Sri Lanka and the protests that seem to have united its long divided population.

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Sri Lanka in talks for $100 million emergency funding from Beijing-backed bank

The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is considering granting $100 million in emergency support to Sri Lanka, the country's finance ministry said on Sunday.

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‘Legal action against misleading information about procurement of rice for Sri Lanka’

40,000 tonnes of rice and other essential commodities to be shipped to Sri Lanka, says Sakkarapani

The Hindu

Diplomats concerned by state of emergency in Sri Lanka

Diplomats and rights groups have expressed concern after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency and police used force against peaceful protesters amid the country’s worst economic crisis in recent memory

The Independent UK

Colombo calm after Sri Lanka declares state of emergency

Streets in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo were calm on Saturday after the president declared a state of emergency following escalating anti-government protests.

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Sri Lanka president declares state of emergency - govt notice

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency in the country effective from midnight, a government notice said late on Friday.

Reuters

Sri Lanka president declares state of emergency after protests

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Friday declared a state of emergency giving security forces sweeping powers for the second time in five weeks to deal with escalating anti-government protests.

France 24

Sri Lanka protesters tear-gassed again

COLOMBO: Police again fired tear gas and water cannon at students trying to storm Sri Lanka’s parliament on Friday as the country was brought to a halt by a trade union strike demanding that the government step down.

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The Independent UK

Sri Lanka protesters bring transport to near standstill

Shops, offices and schools have closed and transport has come to a near standstill in Sri Lanka amid nationwide demonstrations against the government over its alleged inability to resolve the worst economic crisis in decades

Reuters

Sri Lanka president declares state of emergency after day of protests

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency on Friday following a day of anti-government strikes and protests over a worsening economic crisis.

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MDMK donates ₹13.15 lakh towards Sri Lanka aid

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Sri Lankan PM thanks Tamil Nadu CM Stalin

T.N. Assembly had adopted a motion to send relief material worth ₹123 crore

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The Independent UK

Sri Lanka ruling coalition candidate wins vote in Parliament

Sri Lanka’s beleaguered government has won a key vote in Parliament as a ruling coalition-backed candidate was elected deputy speaker, despite growing public pressure on the government amid the worst economic crisis in decades

Reuters

Sri Lankan tea pickers' dreams shattered by economic crisis

On a lush plantation in Sri Lanka, Arulappan Ideijody deftly plucks the tips of each tea bush, throwing them over her shoulder into an open basket on her back.

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Sri Lanka: protests spread as petrol prices rise by 90%

Sri Lanka is currently experiencing a profound economic crisis, sparking massive protests around the country. The protests are happening against a backdrop of painful and unresolved aspects of the island’s history, following a civil war that drove and deepened ethnic and religious divisions.

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka foreign reserves at record low, politics in crisis

Sri Lanka’s finance minister says the South Asian country's economy is in dire straits with its usable foreign reserves down to less than $50 million

Reuters

Sri Lanka to replace 'unrealistic' budget, in talks to extend World Bank aid

Sri Lanka plans to replace its current "unrealistic" budget and is in talks with the World Bank to extend its support by $300 million to $700 million, the country's finance minister said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka opposition seeks no-confidence vote on Rajapaksas

Sri Lanka’s main opposition party is demanding a no-confidence vote aimed at ousting the Rajapaksa-led government

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