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Sri Lanka hopes to install new gov’t after day of chaos and rage

Calm on streets a day after president’s residence stormed and PM’s house torched, forcing both to announce resignations.

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India hands 44,000 MT of urea to crisis-hit Sri Lanka

Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay met Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera to inform him about the arrival of the shipment

The Hindu

Indian government supportive of Sri Lanka, trying to help it: External Affairs Minister Jaishankar

The External Affairs Minister stressed that there was "no refugee crisis right now"

The Hindu

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Awe and Anger in Sri Lanka’s Ransacked Presidential Palace

Sri Lankans roamed through a ransacked presidential palace on Sunday as calm returned to the commercial capital, Colombo, a day after protesters stormed the building and forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to announce his resignation. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe also said he would step down to allow an all-party interim government…

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Sri Lankan protesters find millions of rupees from Gotabaya Rajapaksa's house amid economic turmoil

Protesters who stormed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's house on Saturday amid the country's worst economic crisis claimed to have recovered a large sum of money from the mansion, local media reported. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Sri Lankans roam presidential palace after Rajapaksa is chased out

Sri Lankans roamed through the ransacked presidential palace on Sunday as calm returned to Colombo a day after protesters stormed the building and forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to agree to resign.

France 24

TUI cancels more flights and holidays after Foreign Office update

The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) advises against all but essential travel

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Sri Lanka opposition hopes to install new gov't amid turmoil

Sri Lanka’s opposition political parties will meet to agree on a new government

The Independent UK

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…

The Times of India

IMF hopes for resolution of Sri Lanka crisis to allow bailout talks

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it is hoping for a resolution to Sri Lanka's political turmoil that will allow a resumption of talks for a bailout package after a violent day of protests.

Reuters

Morning Digest | Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down on July 13; Ukraine sacks ambassador to India, and more

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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

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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

Tribune News Service

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.

Reuters

How Sri Lankan protests unfolded

A deep financial crisis has left Sri Lanka struggling to pay for imports of food, medicine and fuel and brought thousands of protesters on to the streets. On Saturday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told the speaker of parliament he would step down next week.

Reuters

Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Civil war victor brought down by protests

Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who oversaw a ruthless crushing of the Tamil Tigers to bring an end to the country's long-running civil war and went on to become president, appears set to be forced from office following months of protests.

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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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

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Daily Dose Ep 1094: Shivpal Yadav to back Droupadi Murmu, warrant against Zubair in UP

Anwiti Singh brings you the news from Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, the United States of America, and Sri Lanka.

The Independent UK

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 National (Scotland)

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…

Axios

Protesters storm Sri Lanka’s presidential palace, set prime minister’s home ablaze

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe earlier in the day agreed to resign from his post.

Daily Mirror

Thousands storm president's home and jump in swimming pool amid economic collapse

Rising anger in Sri Lanka has boiled over as protestors broke through police lines into the president's home amid enormous shortages of fuel, food, and medicine

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