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Sri Lanka: Protesters hand back iconic Govt buildings to authorities

The protestors occupied President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's presidential palace and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's private house on 9 July. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Ex-leader Mahinda Rajapaksa will not flee Sri Lanka: Top aide

Man who paved way for Rajapaksa clan’s dominance over Sri Lanka politics has no immediate plans to flee, says top aide.

Al Jazeera

Lanka 'Kand': President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flies to Singapore from Maldives

Rajapaksa had left Sri Lanka on Wednesday morning with his wife and two bodyguards, following raging protests in the island nation. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Plane said to carry Sri Lanka’s president most-tracked in world

A Saudi Arabian Airlines flight from Maldives to Singapore believed to be carrying Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the world’s most-tracked flight on Thursday, underscoring massive global interest in the troubled island nation’s political affairs.

Bangkok Post

Sri Lanka's crisis is not just about the economy, but a long history of discrimination against minority groups

Sri Lanka is in the grip of an economic, political and humanitarian crisis.

The Conversation

Sri Lanka president heads to Singapore after fleeing Colombo - source

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was on his way to Singapore on Thursday and was expected to stay there for the time being, a Sri Lankan government source told Reuters, after the president fled to the Maldives from his home country.

Reuters

Sri Lanka's president's resignation accepted, parliament to convene Saturday

The resignation of Sri Lanka's president has been accepted, the crisis-hit country's parliamentary speaker announced Friday, after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country earlier this week and notified him from Singapore that he was stepping down. Follow FRANCE 24's live blog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time…

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Sri Lanka protesters ending occupation of govt buildings

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's anti-government demonstrators said Thursday they were ending their occupation of official buildings, but would press on with their bid to bring down the president and prime minister in the face of a dire economic crisis.

Bangkok Post

Tensions as Sri Lanka awaits president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s promised resignation

Tensions remained high in Sri Lanka on Thursday as a promised resignation from the president had yet to materialise.

Evening Standard

Sri Lanka Protesters in Talks to End Occupation

Sri Lanka's anti-government demonstrators were in talks Thursday to hand back official buildings they seized, protest representatives said, even as they insisted the president and prime minister both quit in the face of an economic crisis. Protesters overran President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's palace at the weekend, forcing him to flee to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thursday briefing: Sunak leads and Mordaunt is surging – but what do the numbers tell us?

In today’s newsletter: Private backroom deals done could swing the Tory leadership contest. But what if there was a way to predict who MPs will back before even they decide?

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lanka waits in confusion, anger for president to resign

Confused and angry, Sri Lankans are still waiting for their embattled president to resign after he fled the country amid an economic meltdown and political chaos

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka on a knife-edge as Rajapaksa lands in Singapore

Country in state of emergency amid protests against president, who is reported to be heading for Saudi Arabia

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lankan president hands in resignation after fleeing to Singapore

Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa submitted a letter of resignation on Thursday, a spokesperson for the parliament speaker said, hours after fleeing to Singapore following mass protests over an economic meltdown.

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Protesters storm Sri Lankan PM’s office after president flees

Sri Lankans defied a state of emergency to storm the prime minister’s office after embattled president fled overseas.

The Hindu

Modi government distances itself from Rajapaksas in latest twist to see-saw relationship

Indian High Commission ‘categorically denies’ reports that India facilitated the Rajapaksas’ recent travel

The Times of India

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, wife flee to Maldives; Sri Lanka PM declares emergency

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on a military jet with his wife and two bodyguards on Wednesday, driven out after an economic collapse unleashed a popular uprising that appeared to end his family’s near two-decade dominance of the country.

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The Guardian - UK

‘This is a huge moment’: Sri Lankans vow to continue protests until demands are met

President has fled the country but protesters say they will not stop fighting until there is ‘freedom from corrupt leaders’

The Hindu

In Sri Lanka, no quiet after the storm

In the days ahead, new confrontations, with consequences for newly gained democratic freedom, are likely to spring up

The Guardian - UK

How the Rajapaksa family fell after 15 years at the top in Sri Lanka

Analysis: Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s authoritarianism and incompetence ended the family’s political reign

WEKU

What's happening in Sri Lanka and what comes next

The double whammy of government and economic instability is further complicating recovery, and the country is hurtling toward bankruptcy.

France 24

‘People are desperate’: Sri Lankan protesters storm PM’s office demanding resignation

Thousands of Sri Lankans stormed the offices of the prime minister in the capital Colombo on July 13. The protesters demanded he leave his role as acting president after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country. According to our Observer, the unrest will continue to intensify as “desperate” protesters fight for…

Al Jazeera

Maldives gov’t faces backlash for accepting Sri Lankan president

Maldivians voice outrage as disgraced Sri Lankan leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees to the Maldives.

Reuters

Sri Lanka acting president asks parliamentary speaker to nominate new prime minister

Sri Lanka's acting president and prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has asked the speaker of parliament to nominate a new prime minister, his media team said on Wednesday after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country.

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