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Sri Lankan president declares curfew to preempt protests

Sri Lanka has imposed a countrywide curfew until Monday morning, in addition to a state of emergency declared by the president, in an attempt to prevent more unrest after protesters took to the streets blaming the government for the worsening economic crisis

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka police impose 36-hour curfew to quell unrest

The 36-hour curfew and state of emergency come after protests against shortages of food, fuel and power turned violent.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka deploys troops to quell protests

COLOMBO: Troops armed with sweeping powers were deployed in Sri Lanka on Saturday with the near-bankrupt country on edge after the president declared a state of emergency to quell escalating protests against him.

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Newsprint crunch: Are Indian newspapers staring at a crisis similar to Sri Lanka?

Amid an economic meltdown in Sri Lanka, two prominent newspapers were recently forced to shut and several others reduced pages due to lack of paper, as costs soared and imports became difficult. The newspaper sector in India, many believe, has been staring at a somewhat similar crisis.

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Sri Lanka imposes curfew after president declares state of emergency

Sri Lanka's government imposed a weekend curfew on Saturday, even as hundreds of lawyers urged President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to revoke a state of emergency introduced following unrest over fuel and other shortages in a deep economic crisis.

Reuters

TV Newsance 165: Arnab’s Pakistan love, Sudhir’s hypocrisy, News18’s journey from tehzeeb to tezaab

Petrol prices have reached a record high in India. Meanwhile on primetime, the turmoil in Pakistan is all many of our dear anchors can speak of. Imran Khan and Pakistan-bashing is entertainment, after all, not news – while the economic crisis in Sri Lanka gets little attention.

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Exclusive: 'MS Dhoni is going out there to fetch us the trophy': Paddy Upton recalls Gary Kirsten's words on the 11th anniversary of India's 2011 World Cup win

NEW DELHI: It has been 11 years since India clinched their second ICC ODI World Cup title in 2011. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s six over mid-on off Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Kulasekara which sealed the deal for the Men in Blue in front of a jam-packed Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai ended a…

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Morning Digest | Day after unrest, Sri Lanka government declares Emergency; India, Australia to sign interim trade pact today, and more

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The Hindu

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency as protests spread

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa invokes tough laws amid protests over Sri Lanka’s deepening economic crisis.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency amid unrest over economic woes

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a nationwide state of emergency late on Friday, in the face of growing public unrest amid the country's worst economic crisis in decades.

Reuters

Letters to the Editor — April 2, 2022

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Sri Lanka’s rage

President Rajapaksa must acknowledge popular anger and come up with a recovery plan

The Hindu

IPL 2022: Punjab Kings are a special team this season because of the firepower they have, can see them winning maiden title, says Bhanuka Rajapaksa

NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings and Sri Lanka batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa feels the Punjab franchise, which is still chasing that elusive maiden IPL title, have the arsenal this time to go all the way.

The Times of India

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.

ABC News

Sri Lankan police fire tear gas at protesters angered by economic crisis

Sri Lankan police fire tear gas and use water cannons to disperse hundreds of protesters in Colombo as public anger intensifies over the government's handling of a worsening economic crisis.

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Letters to the Editor — April 1, 2022

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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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Stalin seeks Centre’s permission to send essentials and medicines to Sri Lankan Tamils

The Chief Minister presents 14 demands to Prime Minister

The Conversation

Sri Lanka teeters on economic edge, from pandemic-fueled financial crisis and Ukraine war spillovers

An unprecedented economic crisis is unfolding in Sri Lanka. And while the country’s problems have been brewing for years, spillovers from the crisis in Ukraine have sent the island nation over the edge.

The Independent UK

Sri Lankan bishops urge political unity amid economic crisis

Sri Lanka’s Catholic bishops have called for unity among the country’s politicians, warning that the South Asian island nation is fast becoming a failed state amid its most severe economic crisis in memory

Newslaundry

Why Indian media’s coverage of Sri Lanka crisis is partial

It has taken a while but the Indian media, or at least some of it, has finally woken up to the immense financial and human crisis facing our southern neighbour Sri Lanka.

Reuters

Sri Lanka imposes curfew after protests over economic crisis turn violent

Police imposed an overnight curfew in several parts of Sri Lanka's main city of Colombo early on Friday after protests over the government's handling of the country's worst economic crisis in decades turned violent, an official said.

Reuters

Power cuts in Sri Lanka could continue into May - minister

Sri Lanka's power minister said on Thursday that power cuts could continue into May, as many parts of the crisis-hit country currently faced up to 13 hours without electricity due to a shortage of foreign currency to import fuel.

AAP

Concern over alleged war criminal entry

Human rights groups are calling for an inquiry into how an accused war criminal was able to enter Australia at least twice and attend public events in 2019.

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