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Australia names full-strength squads for Sri Lanka tour

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The Hindu

Strike cripples Sri Lanka as president faces new pressure

Colombo (AFP) - Millions of workers staged a crippling strike in Sri Lanka on Thursday, adding to pressure on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his ruling family to quit over the country's worst-ever economic crisis.

AFP

Sri Lanka teachers, bank workers join mass walkout over economic crisis

Many schools in Colombo were shut and several train stations deserted on Thursday as teachers and train drivers joined mass walkouts demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's government quit over Sri Lanka's worst financial crisis in decades.

Reuters

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Countrywide strike cripples crisis-hit Sri Lanka

Colombo (AFP) - A general strike crippled Sri Lanka on Thursday, as demands grew for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family members to resign over the country's worst-ever economic crisis.

AFP

Analysis-Complex web of creditors, politics threatens Sri Lanka restructuring

Social unrest, political uncertainty and a complex web of creditors could scupper Sri Lanka's push for a swift overhaul of its $12 billion overseas debt, analysts warn, saying the South Asian nation is fast running out of road.

Reuters

Senior police officer arrested over Sri Lanka protest death

Colombo (AFP) - A top Sri Lankan police officer was arrested Wednesday after ordering his subordinates to fire on anti-government protesters, in clashes that left one man dead and nearly 30 others wounded.

AFP

Sri Lankan veterans protest against president who led them during war

Missing both legs and an arm, former special forces soldier Thushara Kumara is an unlikely critic of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a wartime defence chief who became Sri Lanka's president in 2019.

Reuters

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Cash-strapped Sri Lanka to sell 'golden' visas

Colombo (AFP) - Cash-strapped Sri Lanka announced on Tuesday it would sell long-term visas to attract desperately needed foreign currency after the island nation ran out of dollars to pay even for food and fuel.

AFP

Sri Lanka begins talks with China on refinancing debt

Sri Lanka has begun discussions with China about refinancing its debt, a cabinet spokesman said on Tuesday, as Colombo struggles with its worst financial crisis in decades.

Reuters

Colombo’s pain could be south Indian ports’ gain

Shipping firms should be enticed quickly, tapping into the concerns of exporters and importers, say experts

The Hindu

Sri Lanka shares plunge as Buddhist leaders ask govt to resign

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's stock market halted trading after a nearly 13 percent plunge Monday as the island nation's beleaguered government faces new pressure to resign from influential Buddhist leaders over a crippling economic crisis.

AFP

Sri Lanka exchange halts again after 13% plunge

Colombo (AFP) - Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's stock exchange halted again Monday after a nearly 13 percent plunge, derailing the bourse's tentative reopening after a two-week break aimed at forestalling a market collapse.

AFP

Sri Lanka students mob PM's home over economic crisis

Colombo (AFP) - Thousands of Sri Lankan university students mobbed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's home on Sunday demanding his resignation over the island nation's worsening economic crisis.

AFP

Loyalists turn on Sri Lanka PM as protest pressure grows

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's beleaguered prime minister came under increasing pressure to step down on Saturday, as staunch allies broke ranks and backed street protests calling for resignations over a worsening economic crisis.

AFP

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Health crisis looms as Sri Lanka medicines run out

Colombo (AFP) - By the time he reached a third Colombo pharmacy out of stock of the drug his cancer-stricken wife desperately needs, Dawood Mohamed Ghany was distraught.

AFP

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka hit by record inflation

Colombo (AFP) - Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's inflation hit a record high for the sixth consecutive month, official data showed on Friday as the government asked the IMF for an urgent bailout.

Al Jazeera

‘A curse’: Three years since Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka

Protesters in Colombo demand justice on the third anniversary of devastating attacks in several churches and hotels.

Reuters

Sri Lanka promises impartial probe after first death in weeks of protests

Sri Lankan police will launch an "impartial and transparent" investigation into clashes with protesters after the first death in weeks of unrest over the government's handling of the economy, the president said on Wednesday.

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AFP

IMF asks Sri Lanka to restructure debt before bailout

Colombo (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that it has asked cash-strapped Sri Lanka to "restructure" its huge foreign debt before a bailout programme could be finalised as anti-government protests escalated across the island.

AFP

Sri Lanka town under curfew, foreign concern over killing

Colombo (AFP) - Police kept up a curfew in central Sri Lanka on Wednesday, a day after the killing of an anti-government demonstrator in escalating protests across the island triggered international condemnation.

AFP

First killing by police in Sri Lanka protests

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka police shot dead a protester and wounded 24 others on Tuesday in the first fatal clash with residents demonstrating against the government over a crippling economic crisis.

Reuters

One dead after police fire on protesters in Sri Lanka amid bailout talks with IMF

Sri Lankan police fired live ammunition to scatter protesters on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring a dozen more, as the country sought rapid financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to ease a worsening economic crisis.

AFP

Sri Lanka leader trims cabinet of relatives ahead of IMF talks

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's embattled leader dropped two of his brothers and a nephew from his cabinet Monday, acknowledging public anger over the ruling family's mismanagement of a crippling economic crisis that has prompted calls for his resignation.

AFP

Sri Lanka leader trims cabinet of relatives

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's leader dropped two of his brothers and a nephew from his cabinet Monday, following public anger over the ruling family's mismanagement of a crippling economic crisis and calls for his resignation.

AFP

Sri Lanka fuel prices up ahead of IMF talks

Colombo (AFP) - A key fuel retailer in Sri Lanka raised prices by up to 35 percent on Monday as the cash-strapped government was set to open crucial bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund.

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