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Thousands of Sri Lankans celebrate New Year at anti-government protest site

At an auspicious time early on Thursday, Dilani Jayaratne lit a small wood fire to boil a small pot of milk to mark the start of Sri Lanka's New Year.

Reuters

‘Gota go home’: desperate Sri Lankans call for President Rajapaksa to quit

Strongman Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s position looks weak amid an economic crisis that threatens to turn into starvation

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lanka on the Brink

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Sri Lankans set up protest camp, vow to stay till Rajapaksa quits

As protesters dig in for a long haul, tents come up outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office in Colombo.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka PM offers protesters talks as opposition eyes no-confidence vote

Sri Lanka's prime minister offered talks on Wednesday with protesters calling for the government to step down over its handling of an economic crisis as the opposition threatened to bring a no-confidence motion against it in parliament.

Reuters

A small tent camp in Sri Lankan city becomes focus of national protests

On a patch of grass near Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office in the commercial capital Colombo, around two dozen tents have been erected in a small but growing camp that is becoming the focal point of national protests.

Reuters

Drugs running out, surgeries cancelled as Sri Lanka's health system buckles

Rosanne White was first diagnosed with cancer eight years ago and lost a kidney. After the cancer returned five years ago, an oncologist in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo started her on Bevacizumab last May, a treatment she was responding to.

Reuters

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Cochin port benefits as shipping lines skip Colombo

Huge increase in transshipment volume at ICTT

The Hindu

Inside Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis, people are dying in line for fuel

Sri Lanka is facing a worsening economic crisis that has left its citizens struggling to get through everyday tasks such as driving to work or cooking their family meals. With the parliament in disarray, people are taking to the streets.

ABC News

Sri Lanka doctors warn of ‘catastrophe’ as medicines run low

Drugs to treat heart attacks and tubes to help babies breathe in short supply as doctors forced to treat in the dark.

Al Jazeera

Thousands in Sri Lanka insist Rajapaksa family quit politics

Protesters angry over a worsening economic crisis take aim at Sri Lanka’s all-powerful Rajapaksa family.

Al Jazeera

‘We’re finished’: Sri Lankans pushed to the brink by financial crisis

Thousands take to the streets to call for the resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa

The Guardian - UK

No Sri Lankan, rich or poor, spared as economic crisis worsens

Savings evaporate, businesses face closure and the Sri Lankan poor struggle to eat as value of the rupee plummets.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka's president will not resign, despite protests - minister

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will not resign, a minister said on Wednesday, despite demonstrations against his handling of the country's worst economic crisis in decades and as doctors held street protests over a shortage of medicine.

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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.

The Hindu

Former Sri Lankan cricketers slam political class for crisis response

Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Sanath Jayasurya and Roshan Mahanama took to their social media handles or the streets of Colombo to register their protest against the economic crisis.

Al Jazeera

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.

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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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.

The Hindu

BIMSTEC after the Colombo summit

The question to address now is whether the multilateral grouping is capable of tackling the challenges facing the region

ABC News

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.

Al Jazeera

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

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 Hindu

Indian power projects replace Chinese ventures in Sri Lanka

Concerns were raised over projects’ proximity to Tamil Nadu.

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