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Sri Lankan president revokes emergency amid growing protests

Sri Lanka’s president has revoked a days-old state of emergency after huge public protests demanded he resign over the country’s worst economic crisis in memory

The Independent UK

At a crossroads: On Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

The road to Sri Lanka’s economic recovery will have to pass through political change

The Hindu

Sri Lankan President revokes emergency rule ordinance -Gazette

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa late on Tuesday revoked the emergency rule ordinance that had gone into effect on April 1, even as the government struggled to quell protests amid the nation's worst economic crisis in decades.

Reuters

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Gotabaya loses majority in parliament

Over 40 MPs including from allies of ruling SLPP alliance sat as a separate block

The Hindu

Sri Lanka faces medical emergency as economic crisis hits drug supplies

Union warns of complete breakdown of health system with hospitals ‘all running out of medicines’

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lankan lawmakers seek interim government to solve crisis

A group of Sri Lankan governing party lawmakers has called for the appointment of an interim government

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka crisis: Gotabaya Rajapaksa loses parliamentary majority

41 lawmakers leave coalition, leaving Rajapaksa’s government with fewer than the 113 members needed to maintain a majority in the 225-member house

The Hindu

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Sri Lanka ruling alliance loses majority ahead of parliament meet

Finance minister quits after one day as parliament to reconvene for the first time since the imposition of emergency.

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Exclusive-Ex-Sri Lanka cenbanker Weerasinghe says he accepts offer to be new governor

Former Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) official P. Nandalal Weerasinghe said on Monday he had accepted an offer from the country's president to become the bank's next governor amid a deepening economic crisis and unrest.

Reuters

Sri Lanka's finance minister resigns a day after being sworn in - letter

Sri Lanka's Finance Minister, Ali Sabry, resigned on Tuesday a day after being sworn in, amid growing public unrest over a worsening economic crisis.

Reuters

Sri Lanka's ruling coalition loses parliamentary majority amid growing protests

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's ruling coalition lost its majority in parliament on Tuesday after at least 41 lawmakers walked out of the alliance amid growing unrest over an economic crisis, according to parliamentary proceedings.

Reuters

Sri Lanka president revokes emergency order, govt in disarray as economic crisis deepens

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revoked a state of emergency late on Tuesday after dozens of lawmakers walked out of the ruling coalition, leaving his government in a minority in parliament as it struggled to quell protests amid the country's worst economic crisis in decades.

Reuters

Sri Lanka caught in a 'strategic debt trap

Sri Lanka, a flourishing island nation of 22 million, has finally fallen to China's debt-trap diplomacy.

Dynamite News

Mamata demands all party meeting over rising fuel prices

West Bengal CM blames BJP for crisis, refers to economic turmoil in Sri Lanka

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Alagiri urges India to secure rights for Tamils in Sri Lanka

‘Ensure a substantial portion of the financial assistance to the Sri Lankan government go for the welfare of the Tamils’

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 1011: Relief for Rana, new Andhra districts, Lanka crisis

Tanishka Sodhi brings you the news from Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Sri Lanka.

The Hindu

IIT Madras launches Master’s course for international students

Focus is on enrolling candidates from Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal

The Hindu

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

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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…

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka president proposes multiparty Cabinet amid crisis

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

Reuters

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.

The Hindu

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.

Reuters

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

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.

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