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Sri Lankan police fire tear gas, water cannons to quell protests in front of PM Mahinda Rajapaksa’s home

Around 2,000 people descended near the PM Mahinda Rajapaksa’s residence and pulled down barricades chanting anti-Rajapaksa slogans

The Hindu

Sri Lanka's cabinet, central bank chief resign over spiralling economic crisis

Following days of protests over soaring prices and fuel shortages, Sri Lanka's cabinet ministers have resigned en masse. The head of the central bank has also stepped down. We take a look at how the heavily indebted country got to this stage. Plus, our correspondents report on how Niger could…

France 24

Sri Lanka president proposes multiparty Cabinet amid crisis

Sri Lanka’s president asked opposition parties to form a unity government on Monday

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Sabry appointed as Sri Lanka's finance minister

Sri Lanka's president appointed Ali Sabry as the country's finance minister on Monday as a new team of ministers took office after protests flared in the wake of a worsening economic crisis, the president's office said.

Reuters

Former Sri Lankan cricketers slam political class for crisis response

Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Sanath Jayasurya and Roshan Mahanama took to their social media handles or the streets of Colombo to register their protest against the economic crisis.

The Hindu

Sri Lanka president invites all parties in parliament to join govt

Sri Lanka's president on Monday invited all political parties represented in parliament to accept ministerial portfolios to help find a way out of the country's worst economic crisis in decades, his office said in a statement.

Reuters

Sri Lankan central bank governor resigns

Sri Lankan central bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said on Monday he submitted his resignation in the context of all cabinet ministers resigning.

Reuters

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Sri Lanka gets new finance minister, cenbank governor as unrest grows

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dropped his brother as finance minister and sought a new central bank governor on Monday, as crowds angry over the country's deepening economic crisis surrounded the homes of several lawmakers.

Reuters

Morning Digest | Amid raging protests all Cabinet Ministers quit in Sri Lanka; India’s COVID-19 panel gives nod for Covovax for 12-17 group

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Air India scales down flights to Sri Lanka

16 flights per week is reduced to 13 due to poor demand

The Hindu

All Cabinet Ministers quit in Sri Lanka

Mahinda remains PM, to meet Gotabaya.

The Hindu

Unviable populist schemes could create Sri Lanka-like situation: Bureaucrats in meeting with PM Modi

Bureaucrats say freebies are economically unsustainable

The Hindu

Police fire tear gas as Sri Lanka protesters defy curfew

Protesters rally across Sri Lanka despite curfew, demanding President Rajapaksa resign over worsening economic crisis.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka blocks social media amid calls for more protests

Sri Lanka has blocked access to many social media platforms in an attempt to prevent further protests blaming the government for the worsening economic crisis

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Protesters in Sri Lanka defy curfew, police fire tear gas at students

Protesters in the Sri Lanka's largest city Colombo held numerous small, peaceful demonstrations over a severe economic crisis on Sunday, defying a nationwide curfew, while police used tear gas to disperse student protesters in the central city of Kandy.

Bangkok Post

Govt lays out energy supply plan

Thailand is unlikely to face the shortages of electricity being experienced in Vietnam and Sri Lanka, the Energy Ministry said on Saturday in an attempt to allay fears that the problem could spread to Thailand as well.

Bangkok Post

Bimstec's time to shine has come

From the tales of Lord Rama to the wisdom of Lord Buddha, the South Asian and Southeast Asian regions are not only historically intertwined, but also founded on a shared cultural heritage. Perhaps this shared history alone was enough to convince four nations under the Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and…

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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

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Al Jazeera

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.

Bangkok Post

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.

Newslaundry

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.

Reuters

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.

Newslaundry

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.

The Times of India

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…

The Hindu

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