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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

Sri Lanka's prime minister and president will resign after protesters stormed their homes. How did it get to this?

Anti-government demonstrations have been going on for months. Here's a timeline that led to yesterday's dramatic conclusion.

ABC News

Sri Lankan Army chief says opportunity to resolve crisis peacefully now available; seeks public support to maintain peace

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Army chief General Shavendra Silva on Sunday said that an opportunity to resolve the current political crisis in a peaceful manner is now available and sought the people's support to maintain peace in the island nation, hours after embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed to step down on…

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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

The Guardian - AU

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

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.

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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.

Tribune News Service

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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 Independent UK

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…

The National (Scotland)

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:

Dynamite News

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.

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Evening Standard

Sri Lanka: Prime minister and president resign after protesters spark chaos in capital

Sri Lanka’s president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has agreed to step down following chaotic protests in the country.

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.

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.

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters

Sri Lankan police have fired tear gas at protesters demanding that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government resign over the island nation’s worst economic crisis in recent memory

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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.

ABC News

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.

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

Sri Lankan president calls Russian leader seeking fuel

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that he had a telephone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to request credit support to import fuel for the island nation that's facing its worst economic crisis in memory

Dynamite News

Sri Lanka's PM Wickremesinghe challenges JVP leader Dissanayake to revive country's economy in 6 months

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday challenged Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake to revive the country's economy in six months.

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka PM says talks with IMF difficult due to bankruptcy

Sri Lanka’s prime minister says the country's talks with the International Monetary Fund are proving complex and difficult since it is now a bankrupt nation

Al Jazeera

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.

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