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Sri Lanka imposes curfew in capital as police fire tear gas at protesters

Police imposed a curfew in Sri Lanka’s capital and surrounding areas on Friday, a day before a planned protest demanding the resignations of the country’s president and prime minister because of the economic crisis that has caused severe shortages of essential goods and disrupted people’s livelihoods.

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Sri Lankan police impose curfew as anger escalates over worst economic crisis in decades

Police impose a curfew in Sri Lanka's capital and surrounding areas after firing tear gas and using a water cannon on student demonstrators.

ABC News

Sri Lankan police impose curfew ahead of planned protest

Police have imposed a curfew in Sri Lanka’s capital and surrounding areas a day before a planned protest demanding the country’s president and prime minister resign over an economic crisis that has caused severe shortages of essential supplies

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Sri Lanka police fire tear gas, water cannon as students protest economic meltdown

Sri Lankan police fired tear gas and water cannon on students trying to march on the President's House in Colombo on Friday ahead of a planned weekend rally, as public discontent escalates over the worst economic crisis in seven decades.

Reuters

Sri Lankans ditch cars for bicycles to ride out economic crisis

For the last two weeks, Sri Lankan doctor Thusitha Kahaduwa has left his car in the garage and done his patient rounds by bicycle, spending hours each day criss-crossing the commercial capital Colombo.

Reuters

Sri Lanka hikes interest rates, warns trouble ahead

Colombo (AFP) - Cash-strapped Sri Lanka raised interest rates one percentage point Friday, the second sharp hike in three months, as the central bank warned of 80 percent inflation and a painful recession.

AFP

‘The family took over’: how a feuding ruling dynasty drove Sri Lanka to ruin

The inside story of Rajapaksa family infighting that toppled a country into violence and bankruptcy

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Desperate Sri Lanka pleads with Moscow to pay for Russian fuel on credit

The country also wants the Kremlin to resume flights between Moscow and Colombo

The Independent UK

Couple left fuming after airport baggage chaos leaves clothes shredded to pieces

Posting to Twitter, user karen_nowland said her husband's bag was in pieces after flying from Manchester to Colombo in Sri Lanka

Daily Record

I can turn around Sri Lanka’s economy: PM Ranil Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka’s newly appointed prime minister says it will take one and a half years to stabilise the crisis-hit economy.

Al Jazeera

Colombo Security Conclave meet in Kochi

The Conclave started as a trilateral maritime cooperation mechanism among India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka in 2011.

The Hindu

With no fuel and no cash, Sri Lanka grinds to a halt

Less than a day’s worth of fuel remains, says the energy minister, as the cash-strapped nation extends school closures.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka grinds to a halt as fuel reserves shrink

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka has less than a day's worth of fuel left, the energy minister said Sunday, with public transport grinding to a halt as the country's economic crisis deepened.

AFP

CIAL starts technical landing facility for refuelling of airplanes

In-built hydrant fuelling system meets quick requirements of flights

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Bankrupt Sri Lanka's inflation jumps beyond 50%

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's inflation hit a ninth consecutive record in June, official data showed Friday, rising to 54.6 percent a day after the IMF asked the bankrupt nation to rein in galloping prices and corruption.

Al Jazeera

As Sri Lanka economic crisis worsens, daily wage workers struggle

Government restricting sale of fuel for essential services means less work for people who survive on daily wages.

AFP

Bankrupt Sri Lanka opens oil market to foreign firms

Colombo (AFP) - Cash-strapped Sri Lanka announced Tuesday it was opening its oil market to foreign competition, a day after chronic fuel shortages forced a nationwide halt to petrol and diesel sales.

AFP

Sri Lanka suspends fuel sales as economic crisis worsens

Colombo (AFP) - Cash-strapped Sri Lanka announced a two-week halt to all fuel sales except for essential services starting Monday and called for a partial shutdown as its unprecedented economic crisis deepened.

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Sri Lanka electricity firm seeks 835% price rise

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's heavily loss-making state-run electricity monopoly asked for a shocking price rise of over 800 percent for its poorest customers with the bankrupt nation out of fuel, regulators said Monday.

Reuters

Sri Lanka stops fuel supply to non-essential services as crisis worsens

Sri Lanka will shut schools and only allow fuel supplies to services deemed essential like health, trains and buses for two weeks starting Tuesday, a minister said, in a desperate attempt to deal with a severe shortage.

AFP

Bankrupt Sri Lanka seeks discounted Russian oil

Colombo (AFP) - Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Sunday announced sending ministers to Russia and Qatar to try and secure cheap oil a day after the government said it had all but run out of fuel.

AFP

Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices as US delegation arrives

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka hiked fuel prices on Sunday, creating further pain for ordinary people as officials from the United States arrived for talks aimed at alleviating the island's dire economic crisis.

AFP

Australia's Maxwell banks on Asia experience for Test return

Colombo (AFP) - Australia's Glenn Maxwell says his baggy green has seen better days but he expects to make the Test team for the Sri Lanka series thanks to his subcontinent playing experience.

AFP

Carey gives Australia consolation ODI win over Sri Lanka

Colombo (AFP) - Wicketkeeper Alex Carey's unbeaten 45 and an inspired bowling performance helped Australia to a four-wicket consolation win over Sri Lanka in the fifth and final one-day international on Friday.

AFP

Carey, bowlers give Australia consolation ODI win over Sri Lanka

Colombo (AFP) - Wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey's unbeaten 45 and inspired bowling helped Australia to a four-wicket consolation win over Sri Lanka in the fifth one-day international on Friday.

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