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Curfew in Sri Lanka after Day of Deadly Unrest

Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops and police Tuesday to enforce a curfew after five people were killed in the worst violence in weeks of protests over an unprecedented economic crisis. Nearly 200 were also wounded Monday as prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned, but that did little to calm public…

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Sri Lanka protesters call for new government a day after clashes kill eight

Protesters and a key trade group in Sri Lanka called for a new government to take control of the crisis-hit country on Tuesday while the president asked for calm following clashes that claimed eight lives and prompted his brother to quit as prime minister.

Reuters

Sri Lanka deploys troops to enforce curfew after day of deadly unrest

Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops and police Tuesday to enforce a curfew after at least eight people were killed in the worst violence in weeks of protests over an unprecedented economic crisis. Sri Lankan authorities issued shoot-on-sight orders to quell the unrest.

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Curfew imposed in Sri Lanka after five killed and hundreds injured amid night of violence

A nationwide curfew was imposed in Sri Lanka on Monday amid an outbreak of violent protest which killed five people and injured more than 200 people.

Evening Standard

Army evacuates former Sri Lankan PM from besieged residence

Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family taken to safety by heavily armed soldiers as protesters storm gates.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka troops rescue ex-PM as houses torched in deadly night of unrest

Mahinda Rajapaksa rescued in pre-dawn military operation after day of protests in which eight people were killed

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Morning Digest | Sri Lanka Cabinet dissolved after PM Mahinda Rajapaksa’s resignation; Rupee plunges to a new all-time low, and more

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Inflation and worker shortage fuel push on immigration bills

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ABC News

In Sri Lanka, a prime minister is gone. What next?

The administration focused on consolidating power in government, ignoring the financial and political crises.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka is the first domino to fall in the face of a global debt crisis

The south Asian country is the first to buckle under economic pressures compounded by Russia’s war on Ukraine, but it won’t be the last

The Guardian - UK

The prime minister of Sri Lanka resigns after weeks of protests

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned after weeks of protests demanding he and his brother, the president, step down over the worst economic crisis in decades, an official said.

WEKU

Sri Lanka leader’s brother quits as PM in escalating crisis

The brother of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned as premier on Monday as weekslong protests over Asia’s fastest inflation turned violent, prompting the government to impose a curfew and call in the army.

Tribune News Service

Sri Lanka PM, scion of political dynasty, resigns amid protests

Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has dominated Sri Lankan politics for nearly 20 years and whose government crushed the Tamil Tigers to bring an end to a long civil war, resigned as prime minister on Monday after intensifying anti-government protests.

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Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns amid mass protests

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned Monday as an outbreak of political violence in the country killed five people including an MP and wounded more than 150.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as crisis worsens

The resignation comes hours after PM’s supporters attacked anti-government demonstrators in the capital Colombo.

ABC News

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister resigns after weeks of major protests

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns after weeks of major protests over an economic crisis that has cut off basic services.

Reuters

Sri Lanka Prime Minister offers resignation amid worst economic crisis - official

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday offered his resignation amid the island nation's worst economic crisis since independence that has led to widespread protests, a government official said.

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Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka MP among five killed as violence escalates

Dozens of houses belonging to Rajapaksa loyalists set on fire across the nation amid an economic crisis.

Reuters

Sri Lanka prime minister resigns, curfew imposed after clashes

Sri Lanka's prime minister resigned on Monday to make way for a unity government that would try to find a way out of the country's worst economic crisis in history, but protesters said they also wanted his brother to stand down as president.

The Independent UK

Unions begin 'Week of Protests' as Sri Lanka crisis deepens

Trade unions are starting their “Week of Protests” on Monday, demanding the government and country’s president to step down over the country’s worst economic crisis in memory

Bangkok Post

Sri Lanka needs a currency board

The war in Ukraine has generated an economic tidal wave, which is crashing over countries near and far. Among the more far-flung is Sri Lanka, where surging food and fuel prices have supercharged a downward spiral that was already underway. Now, the island is being rocked by street protests, and…

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka protesters bring transport to near standstill

Shops, offices and schools have closed and transport has come to a near standstill in Sri Lanka amid nationwide demonstrations against the government over its alleged inability to resolve the worst economic crisis in decades

The Hindu

Sri Lankan PM thanks Tamil Nadu CM Stalin

T.N. Assembly had adopted a motion to send relief material worth ₹123 crore

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka ruling coalition candidate wins vote in Parliament

Sri Lanka’s beleaguered government has won a key vote in Parliament as a ruling coalition-backed candidate was elected deputy speaker, despite growing public pressure on the government amid the worst economic crisis in decades

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