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Street protests grip Sri Lanka as economic crisis escalates

Colombo (AFP) - Street protests gripped Sri Lanka Friday as demonstrators blocked main roads across the country, a day after hundreds tried to storm the president's home in anger over an unprecedented economic crisis.

AFP

Sri Lanka steps up security as anger over economic crisis boils over

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka was under heavy security on Friday after hundreds of protesters tried to storm the president's home in a night of violence and anger at the unprecedented economic crisis.

AFP

Dozens arrested in Sri Lanka following protests over economy

Dozens of people were arrested in Sri Lanka following protests near the president’s home demanding that he resign amid the country’s worst economic crisis in memory

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Sri Lanka lifts curfew after violent protests over economic crisis

Police in Sri Lanka's capital lifted a curfew on Friday after protests in which dozens of people were arrested and injured near the home of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over his handling of an economic crisis.

Reuters

Sri Lankan security forces deployed in Colombo after night of violence

Colombo (AFP) - Security forces were deployed across the Sri Lankan capital on Friday after protesters tried to storm the president's home in anger at the nation's worst economic crisis since independence.

AFP

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One wounded as protest at Sri Lanka leader's home turns violent

Colombo (AFP) - A protest by hundreds of people trying to storm the home of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa turned violent Thursday, with at least one man critically wounded, as residents slammed the government's handling of the country's crippling economic crisis.

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Dozens arrested in Sri Lanka amid protests over worsening economy

Police imposed a brief curfew after clashing with protesters who tried to storm President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s house.

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Hundreds storm Sri Lanka president's home as crisis deepens

Colombo (AFP) - Police fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of protesters trying to storm the home of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the capital Thursday, demanding his resignation as the South Asian nation's economic crisis worsened.

AFP

Explaining Sri Lanka’s economic crisis

The country’s current situation is due to misguided policies and flawed external advice

The Hindu

Sri Lankans stand, sweat and seethe as economy grinds to a halt

Colombo (AFP) - As Sri Lankans faint in day-long queues for fuel and swelter through stifling evening blackouts by candlelight, anger is mounting over the worst economic crisis in living memory.

AFP

Indian power projects replace Chinese ventures in Sri Lanka

Concerns were raised over projects’ proximity to Tamil Nadu.

The Hindu

Morning Digest | Opposition seeks PM’s response to hike in fuel prices; Sri Lankan President Gotabaya thanks India for assistance, and more

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The Hindu

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa thanks India for ‘invaluable assistance’

Assured Sri Lankan President of continued cooperation and understanding, says S. Jaishankar

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Exclusive-Crisis-hit Sri Lanka in talks with India for another $1.5 billion credit line

Sri Lanka has sought an additional credit line of $1.5 billion from India to import essentials, the island nation's central bank governor said on Monday, amid its worst economic crisis in decades.

The Guardian - UK

Tamils fear prison and torture in Sri Lanka, 13 years after civil war ended

The threat of a bullet in the leg or having his fingernails ripped off was the ordeal faced by one man

The Hindu

Crisis in Sri Lanka

India should help Sri Lanka during the crisis and also resolve some of the bilateral issues

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sri Lanka Deploys Troops as Fuel Shortage Sparks Protests

Sri Lanka ordered troops to petrol stations Tuesday as sporadic protests erupted among the thousands of motorists queueing up daily for scarce fuel. The South Asian island nation is grappling with its worst economic meltdown since independence in 1948, with rolling electricity blackouts and essential goods such as food and…

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Sri Lanka deploys troops as fuel shortage sparks protests

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka ordered troops to petrol stations Tuesday as sporadic protests erupted among the thousands of motorists queueing up daily for scarce fuel.

The Independent UK

Sri Lankan leader seeks IMF help as economic crisis deepens

Sri Lanka’s president says his government is in discussions with the International Monetary Fund, other agencies and countries on deferring loan repayments

AFP

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka seeks IMF bailout

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka will seek an International Monetary Fund bailout, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Wednesday, to battle record inflation and unprecedented food and fuel shortages as the country runs out of dollars to finance imports.

France 24

Wounds of Sri Lanka's civil war remain impossible to heal

In Sri Lanka, 13 years after the end of the civil war with the Tamil Tigers that lasted a quarter of a century, reconciliation appears elusive. Elected in 2019, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, seen by the Sinhalese majority as a hero and accused by the Tamil minority of war crimes during…

AFP

Sri Lanka cardinal seeks UN probe into Easter massacre

Geneva (AFP) - The head of Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church on Monday urged the United Nations to investigate the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people, calling the massacre a "political plot".

The Guardian - UK

Milk sachets, chicken, fuel: basics slip out of reach for Sri Lankans as economic crisis bites

The country is in the midst of one of the worst financial crises in decades, exacerbated by a tourism collapse in the wake of Covid

The Hindu

Sri Lankan FM to visit India to formalise economic relief package

“The close integration of our economy with India would be very beneficial, one third of our tourist arrivals are from India.”

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