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Lanka imposes curfew as food, fuel and power shortage trigger more protests

The island wide curfew has been imposed with effect from 6 pm Saturday to 6 am Monday (April 4), the information department said.

With 40,000 MT fuel from India, SL looks to reduce power cut to 2 hrs

As the shipment arrived, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) announced that 13-hour power cuts would now be reduced to nearly 2 hours from Sunday.

Lankan Prez Rajapaksa bans appearance at public places during curfew hours

Rajapaksa issued a special gazette notification on Friday, declaring a public emergency in Sri Lanka with effect from April 1

Lanka imposes curfew as food, fuel and power shortage trigger more protests

The island wide curfew has been imposed with effect from 6 pm Saturday to 6 am Monday (April 4), the information department said

40,000 MT diesel from India reaches crisis-hit Sri Lanka amid power crisis

Sri Lanka is facing an unprecedented economic and energy crisis caused due to shortage of foreign exchange

Lanka economic crisis: Ruling coalition urges Prez to form all-party govt

Sri Lanka's former president Maithripala Sirisena's Freedom Party has called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to form an all-party government to tide over the worst economic crisis

Former US ambassador pleads guilty to defrauding Sri Lankan government

A former Sri Lankan ambassador has pleaded guilty to diverting and attempting to embezzle $332,027 from the Sri Lankan government during its 2013 purchase of a new embassy building in Washington

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency amid economic crisis, unrest

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared a state of emergency in the country giving the security forces wide authority to arrest and detain suspects with immediate effect.

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Sri Lanka lifts curfew after violent protests over economic crisis

Hundreds of protesters gathered near Rajapaksa's residence in a Colombo suburb late on Thursday before police moved in to disperse them with tear gas and water cannons

India's chance to offer a salve

Sri Lanka's recent travails actually started in 2014-15 with an unlikely coalition of rival parties cobbled together by former President Maithripala Sirisena

How Sri Lanka's economy spiralled into crisis: An explainer

A severe shortage of foreign currency has left Rajapaksa's government unable to pay for essential imports, including fuel, leading to debilitating power cuts lasting up to 13 hours

Sri Lanka lifts curfew after violent protests over economic crisis

Hundreds of protesters gathered near Rajapaksa's residence in a Colombo suburb late on Thursday before police moved in to disperse them with tear gas and water cannons

Protests near president's residence act of terrorism: Sri Lankan govt

The Sri Lankan government on Friday termed the violent demonstration near President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence over the current economic crises as "an act of terrorism"

Curfew in Sri Lanka after inflation protesters gather at President's home

The island of 22 million people is experiencing rolling blackouts for up to 13 hours a day because the government does not have enough foreign exchange for fuel imports.

Sri Lanka to witness 12-hour power cuts as economic crisis worsens

Sri Lanka's economy has been in a free fall since the COVID-19 pandemic due to the crash of the tourism sector.

Lanka to turn off street lights in deepening economic crisis; shares dive

The island of 22 million people is struggling with rolling blackouts for up to 13 hours a day because the government does not have enough foreign exchange for fuel imports

Sri Lanka to turn off street lights in deepening economic crisis

The island of 22 mn people is struggling with rolling blackouts for up to 13 hours a day because the govt does not have enough foreign exchange for fuel imports

IOC unit to release 6,000 MT diesel to help ease power crisis in Lanka

Power cuts lasting over 13 hours came to be in place on Thursday, the longest cut since 1996 when a strike by the state power entity employees caused a 72-hour black out

Sri Lanka to turn off street lights as minister says power cuts to extend

Sri Lanka is turning off its street lights to save electricity, a minister said on Thursday, as its worst economic crisis in decades brought more power cuts and gloom to its main stock market