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Politics

How Sri Lanka spiralled into crisis and what happens next

University students demonstrating to demand the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa near the parliament building in Colombo [File: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP]

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has turned into deadly violence, which has killed eight people and wounded more than 200 so far.

The country’s powerful Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned and his younger brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is seeking a way out of the chaos.

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