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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

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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

The Guardian - AU

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

The Independent UK

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

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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.

Reuters

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.

Tribune News Service

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

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Newslaundry

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 Independent UK

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…

The National (Scotland)

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.

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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

The Times of India

2nd Test: Kusal Mendis leads Sri Lanka's fight after Karunaratne falls

COLOMBO: Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis collaborated in a 152-run partnership to fuel Sri Lanka's spirited reply to Australia's first-innings 364 on day two of the second Test in Galle on Saturday.

Dynamite News

Sri Lanka Crisis: Protesters enter President’s residence; Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the house

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has called an emergency meeting of party leaders to discuss the situation. Read more on Dynamite News:

WEKU

Sri Lanka's opposition parties hope to install a new government amid the turmoil

A lawmaker said all opposition parties combined could easily muster the 113 members needed to show a majority in Parliament, at which point they will request a new government.

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Evening Standard

Sri Lanka: Prime minister and president resign after protesters spark chaos in capital

Sri Lanka’s president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has agreed to step down following chaotic protests in the country.

Bangkok Post

Protesters storm Sri Lanka president's home

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, angered by an unprecedented economic crisis, overran the compound and stormed inside.

Radio France Internationale

Sri Lanka leader flees amid protests over food, fuel shortages

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence in Colombo Saturday, according to defence sources, as protesters stormed his compound to demand his resignation. Earlier, the government declared bankruptcy amid the country's worst food and fuel crisis since independence in 1948.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down

Rajapaksa to resign on July 13, the announcement came after a tumultuous day in which protesters stormed his residence.

Reuters

Sri Lanka prime minister summons emergency party leaders meeting after street unrest

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister on Saturday summoned an emergency meeting of political party leaders after protesters stormed the president's house in the commercial capital Colombo amid growing anger over the government's handling of an economic crisis.

France 24

Sri Lanka PM's house set on fire, police say

Sri Lanka’s prime minister agreed to resign on Saturday after party leaders in Parliament demanded both he and the embattled president step down on the day protesters stormed the president's residence and office in a fury over a worsening economic crisis.

Reuters

Sri Lanka president to step down, parliamentary speaker says, amid storm of protests

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to step down, the country's parliamentary speaker said on Saturday, bowing to intense pressure after a violent day of protests in which demonstrators stormed the president's official residence and set fire to the prime minister's home in Colombo.

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