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Sri Lankan protesters find millions of rupees from Gotabaya Rajapaksa's house amid economic turmoil

Protesters who stormed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's house on Saturday amid the country's worst economic crisis claimed to have recovered a large sum of money from the mansion, local media reported. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Sri Lankans roam presidential palace after Rajapaksa is chased out

Sri Lankans roamed through the ransacked presidential palace on Sunday as calm returned to Colombo a day after protesters stormed the building and forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to agree to resign.

France 24

Sri Lanka opposition hopes to install new gov't amid turmoil

Sri Lanka’s opposition political parties will meet to agree on a new government

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Sri Lanka protesters vow will not let up until president, PM quit

Leaders of Sri Lanka's protest movement said on Sunday they would occupy the residences of the president and prime minister until they finally quit office, the day after the two men agreed to resign leaving the country in political limbo.

Reuters

IMF hopes for resolution of Sri Lanka crisis to allow bailout talks

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it is hoping for a resolution to Sri Lanka's political turmoil that will allow a resumption of talks for a bailout package after a violent day of protests.

Reuters

Morning Digest | Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down on July 13; Ukraine sacks ambassador to India, and more

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The Hindu

Sri Lanka crisis timeline: from galloping inflation to a president’s resignation

The country’s president offered his resignation via email after months of protests against lengthy blackouts, acute food and fuel shortages

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Why Sri Lanka's economy collapsed and what's next

Sri Lanka’s departing prime minister says the island nation’s debt-laden economy has “collapsed” as it runs out of money to pay for food and fuel

The Independent UK

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Sri Lanka's president plans to resign as protests reignite

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will step down next week, after angry protesters swarmed his official residence and offices.

Tribune News Service

How Sri Lankan protests unfolded

A deep financial crisis has left Sri Lanka struggling to pay for imports of food, medicine and fuel and brought thousands of protesters on to the streets. On Saturday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told the speaker of parliament he would step down next week.

Reuters

Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Civil war victor brought down by protests

Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who oversaw a ruthless crushing of the Tamil Tigers to bring an end to the country's long-running civil war and went on to become president, appears set to be forced from office following months of protests.

Reuters

President says he will stand down after thousands of protesters storm his mansion

Soldiers were unable to hold back a crowd of chanting protesters demanding Rajapaksa's resignation and blaming him for the country's worst economic crisis in 70 years

Daily Mirror

Protesters break into, set fire to Sri Lanka leader's private home as unrest escalates

Protesters set fire to Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence Saturday, hours after he said he will step down following mass demonstrations.

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Protesters Break Into Home of Sri Lankan PM, Set it On Fire

Protesters broke into the Sri Lankan prime minister's private residence and set it on fire, hours after he said he would resign when a new government is formed, in the biggest day of angry demonstrations on Saturday that also saw crowds storming the president's home and office. The office of…

The Independent UK

Gas lines and scuffles: Sri Lanka faces humanitarian crisis

A few years ago, Sri Lanka had an economy strong enough to provide jobs and financial security for its 22 million people

The National (Scotland)

Sri Lankan PM agrees to resign as protesters storm president's residence

SRI LANKA's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to resign after party leaders in Parliament demanded both he and the embattled president…

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Protesters storm Sri Lanka’s presidential palace, set prime minister’s home ablaze

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe earlier in the day agreed to resign from his post.

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Daily Mirror

Thousands storm president's home and jump in swimming pool amid economic collapse

Rising anger in Sri Lanka has boiled over as protestors broke through police lines into the president's home amid enormous shortages of fuel, food, and medicine

Dynamite News

Sri Lanka Crisis: Protesters enter President’s residence; Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the house

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has called an emergency meeting of party leaders to discuss the situation. Read more on Dynamite News:

WEKU

Sri Lanka's opposition parties hope to install a new government amid the turmoil

A lawmaker said all opposition parties combined could easily muster the 113 members needed to show a majority in Parliament, at which point they will request a new government.

Bangkok Post

Protesters storm Sri Lanka president's home

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, angered by an unprecedented economic crisis, overran the compound and stormed inside.

Radio France Internationale

Sri Lanka leader flees amid protests over food, fuel shortages

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence in Colombo Saturday, according to defence sources, as protesters stormed his compound to demand his resignation. Earlier, the government declared bankruptcy amid the country's worst food and fuel crisis since independence in 1948.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down

Rajapaksa to resign on July 13, the announcement came after a tumultuous day in which protesters stormed his residence.

France 24

Sri Lanka PM's house set on fire, police say

Sri Lanka’s prime minister agreed to resign on Saturday after party leaders in Parliament demanded both he and the embattled president step down on the day protesters stormed the president's residence and office in a fury over a worsening economic crisis.

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