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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

Sri Lanka's prime minister invites protesters for talks

Sri Lanka’s prime minister has offered to meet with protesters occupying the entrance to the president’s office, saying he would listen to their ideas to resolve the economic, social and political challenges facing the country

The Independent UK

What's happening in Sri Lanka and how did the economic crisis start?

The island nation of Sri Lanka is in the midst of one of the worst economic crises it’s ever seen. It has just defaulted on its foreign debts for the first time since its independence, and the country’s 22 million people are facing crippling 12-hour power cuts, and an extreme…

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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

Safety issues, social media blackouts, financial stress: Being a journalist during Sri Lankan crisis

As Sri Lanka grapples with an economic crisis caused by dwindling foreign currency reserves and escalating debt payments, the print media is beginning to pay the price.

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Sri Lanka halts debt repayment pending IMF bailout plan

Sri Lanka's government says it is suspending its repayment of foreign debt, including bonds and government-to-government borrowings, pending the completion of a loan restructuring program with the International Monetary Fund to deal with the island nation’s worst economic crisis in decades

The Independent UK

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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Sri Lanka’s PM President Have Finally Promised To Resign After Months Of Protests

Protesters have also taken over the President’s mansion after he fled during the country’s worst economic crisis since its independence. Videos show protesters swimming in his pool, lying on his bed and taking showers in his bathroom.

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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

Sri Lanka's ruling coalition members propose interim govt, new prime minister

A leader from Sri Lanka's ruling coalition said on Monday that three members of the alliance had proposed forming an interim government, a week after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa called for a unity administration amid unrest and a severe economic crisis.

Reuters

Sri Lanka's surprise finance minister has a mountain to climb

When former justice minister Ali Sabry visited Sri Lanka's president last Monday, it was for talks amid an economic crisis that has brought thousands of protesters on to the street and left the island nation short of fuel, medicine and power.

Reuters

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka nearly out of medicine, doctors warn

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's doctors warned on Sunday they were nearly out of life-saving medicines and said the island nation's economic crisis threatened a worse death toll than the coronavirus pandemic.

AFP

Sri Lankans occupy president's office entrance for 2nd day

Sri Lankan protesters have occupied the entrance to the president’s office for a second day, demanding Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign over the debt-ridden country’s worst economic crisis in memory

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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.

The Independent UK

Pressure mounts on Sri Lanka leader to quit as crisis grows

Thousands of Sri Lankans have rallied in the country’s main business district and Christian clergy marched in the capital to observe a day of protest calling on the debt-ridden country’s president to resign

The Guardian - UK

‘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

AFP

Sri Lanka's embattled leader faces biggest street protest

Colombo (AFP) - Tens of thousands marched on beleaguered Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office on Saturday, in the biggest protest to date over the country's dire economic and political crisis.

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Reuters

Sri Lanka to seek $3 billion to stave off crisis

Sri Lanka will need about $3 billion in external assistance over the next six months to help restore supplies of essential items including fuel and medicine, Finance Minister Ali Sabry told Reuters on Saturday.

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 9 April 2022

Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic and political crisis since the civil war. In previous weeks we've covered the recent downturn. But at the centre of it all is one family. Their history is the key to understanding the present crisis.

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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.

AFP

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka hikes rates as protests spiral

Colombo (AFP) - Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's central bank hiked interest rates by a record 700 basis points Friday as police fired tear gas at hundreds of students protesting over the economic crisis.

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka business leaders demand end to political impasse

Sri Lankan business leaders are calling for an end to the country’s political instability amid public demands for the president to resign over alleged economic mismanagement, warning that failure to do so would lead to economic catastrophe

Reuters

Sri Lanka president yet to accept resignation of finance minister Sabry - lawmaker

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has yet to accept the resignation of Ali Sabry as finance minister, ruling party lawmaker Kanchana Wijesekera told parliament on Friday.

Reuters

Sri Lanka doubles interest rates to tame inflation; stabilise economy

Sri Lanka's central bank doubled its key interest rates on Friday, raising each by an unprecedented 700 basis points to tame inflation that has soared due to crippling shortages of basic goods driven by a devastating economic crisis.

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