Sri Lanka crisis: Opposition parties in Sri Lanka on Monday rejected an invitation from President Gotabayi Rajapaksa to join the proposed unity government as a "fraud"

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The Sri Lankan opposition rejected President Rajapaksa's invitation to the unity government as "nonsensical" and instead demanded his release due to a desperate shortage of food, fuel and medicine in the country.

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Deputy Speaker Ranjith Siyambalapitiya resigned when parliament first met today to declare a state of emergency in Sri Lanka as the country faces protests and growing demands for the president's release due to the devastating economic crisis.

President Lankan has appointed four ministers to maintain the legitimacy and stability of parliament until a full cabinet is appointed.

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Sri Lanka has declared a health crisis since Tuesday due to severe drug shortages in the country.

There have been many public protests against the ruling Rajapaks' family over poor economic management caused by the foreign crisis and balance of payments problems.

Central Bank Governor Ajith Cabraal resigned on Monday after the cabinet resigned to make room for a new administration to deal with the ongoing economic crisis.

On Sunday evening, all 26 ministers resigned except for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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Following the protests, ISPs were ordered to block access to social media platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and YouTube. The curves of social networks rose in the second half of Sunday.

India recently announced plans to expand the $ 1 billion credit line to Sri Lanka as part of its financial assistance to the country to deal with the economic crisis following the previous $ 500 billion credit line in February to help it buy oil products.

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The South Asian nation is facing severe shortages of food, fuel and other essentials -- along with record inflation and crippling power cuts -- in its most painful downturn since independence from Britain in 1948. Sri Lanka is negotiating with the International Monetary Fund for a bailout.

The South Asian country is facing severe shortages of food, fuel and other essentials - in its most painful downturn since independence from Britain in 1948. Sri Lanka is negotiating with the International Monetary Fund for a bailout.