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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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

COLOMBO: Supporters of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday attacked the anti-government demonstrators gathered at a protest site near his official residence, as reports emerged that he may resign to form an interim administration, according to media reports.

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa may offer to stand down as the prime minister on Monday, political sources said, as pressure mounts on the embattled government led by his younger brother and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to form an interim administration to overcome the worst economic crisis facing the…