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Morning Digest | Day after unrest, Sri Lanka government declares Emergency; India, Australia to sign interim trade pact today, and more

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Sri Lanka declares state of emergency as protests spread

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

Al Jazeera

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.

Reuters

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Letters to the Editor — April 2, 2022

America’s ‘warning’

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Sri Lanka’s rage

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

The Hindu

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

The Independent UK

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.

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Sri Lankan police fire tear gas at protesters angered by economic crisis

Sri Lankan police fire tear gas and use water cannons to disperse hundreds of protesters in Colombo as public anger intensifies over the government's handling of a worsening economic crisis.

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Letters to the Editor — April 1, 2022

Sri Lankan crisis

The Hindu

Dozens arrested in Sri Lanka amid protests over worsening economy

Police imposed a brief curfew after clashing with protesters who tried to storm President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s house.

Al Jazeera

Stalin seeks Centre’s permission to send essentials and medicines to Sri Lankan Tamils

The Chief Minister presents 14 demands to Prime Minister

The Hindu

Sri Lanka teeters on economic edge, from pandemic-fueled financial crisis and Ukraine war spillovers

An unprecedented economic crisis is unfolding in Sri Lanka. And while the country’s problems have been brewing for years, spillovers from the crisis in Ukraine have sent the island nation over the edge.

The Conversation

Sri Lankan bishops urge political unity amid economic crisis

Sri Lanka’s Catholic bishops have called for unity among the country’s politicians, warning that the South Asian island nation is fast becoming a failed state amid its most severe economic crisis in memory

The Independent UK

Why Indian media’s coverage of Sri Lanka crisis is partial

It has taken a while but the Indian media, or at least some of it, has finally woken up to the immense financial and human crisis facing our southern neighbour Sri Lanka.

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Reuters

Sri Lanka imposes curfew after protests over economic crisis turn violent

Police imposed an overnight curfew in several parts of Sri Lanka's main city of Colombo early on Friday after protests over the government's handling of the country's worst economic crisis in decades turned violent, an official said.

Reuters

Power cuts in Sri Lanka could continue into May - minister

Sri Lanka's power minister said on Thursday that power cuts could continue into May, as many parts of the crisis-hit country currently faced up to 13 hours without electricity due to a shortage of foreign currency to import fuel.

AAP

Concern over alleged war criminal entry

Human rights groups are calling for an inquiry into how an accused war criminal was able to enter Australia at least twice and attend public events in 2019.

The Hindu

Explaining Sri Lanka’s economic crisis

The country’s current situation is due to misguided policies and flawed external advice

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The Guardian - AU

Federal police blame ‘oversight’ for delay in Australian review of Sri Lankan war crime allegations

AFP not aware of ‘administrative oversight’ until letter from justice groups seeking update on 2019 complaint about Jagath Jayasuriya

Reuters

Sri Lanka suffers long power cuts as currency shortage makes fuel scarce

Sri Lankans faced 10-hour power cuts on Wednesday and warnings of longer blackouts on Thursday, as a deepening economic crisis roiled markets and the electricity regulator urged more than a million government employees to work from home to save fuel.

The Hindu

India working overtime to ensure swift assistance to Sri Lanka, says Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister wraps up visit to island nation

The Hindu

Morning Digest | U.S. to send Deputy NSA to India ahead of Russian FM’s visit; Defence pacts with India pose no threat, says Sri Lanka, and more

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Al Jazeera

As prices soar in crisis-hit Sri Lanka, many forced to moonlight

Low-income workers take on multiple jobs to survive as the economic crisis sees food, fuel and medicine costs surge.

The Independent UK

India plans power project in Sri Lanka after China's shelved

India has agreed to set up power projects on northern Sri Lankan islands in a deal seen as a strategic victory in its competition with China for influence in the Indian Ocean

The Hindu

Indian power projects replace Chinese ventures in Sri Lanka

Concerns were raised over projects’ proximity to Tamil Nadu.

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