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Sri Lanka has cancelled school examinations indefinitely for millions of students over a shortage of printing paper as the island struggles to grapple with one of its worst financial crisies.

Printing paper is the latest in a series of goods that Colombo have been unable to import due to a shortage in foreign exchange reserves. 

Sri Lankan police officers pushed back Tamil families of the disappeared into their bus to block them from attending a rally opposing the Sri Lankan Prime Minister's visit to Jaffna. 

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa dropped his plans to lay a foundation stone for a Buddhist temple today after local Tamils protested his visit amidst heavy police presence. 

Writing in the Bloomberg, Ruth Pollard highlighted that the Rajapaksa regime has "lost control of Sri Lanka’s economy" as the island continues to suffer from an economic crisis "mostly of its own making".

"From an ill-fated fertiliser ban that led to a dramatic fall in yields of crops like rice and tea, to its failure to deal with a foreign-currency crisis that’s now a humanitarian emergency, the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is fast running out of solutions. Relying until now on help from its two major backers — India and China — and stubbornly refusing wider international aid, the country is on the verge of default," Pollard wrote. 

Sri Lankan authorities stormed a Women’s day event that took place at Manipai Fort in Jaffna on 12th March.

The International Women’s day event was hosted by Quotech religious group, on Saturday in the hall by the Aanaikottai Bala Subramaniam Vidyalaya.

The heads of 14 embassies to Sri Lanka have called on the government to call “on Russia to end its hostilities immediately” and join in “vocal support for Ukraine and international law”.

Press Release on International Support for Ukraine and Condemnation of Russian Aggression



14 Heads of Mission to Sri Lanka "urge the Government of Sri Lanka to join in vocal support for Ukraine and international law, including the UN Charter" pic.twitter.com/qRgpa1dGOE

Restaurants all over Sri Lanka have been forced to close down as a result of a gas shortage, leaving as many as 500,000 employees without a job.

Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers approved a proposal to issue death or missing person certificates to disappeared persons and pay a 100,000 LKR one time allowance to their next of kin.

Foreign Secretary of Sri Lanka Admiral Jayanath Colombage denied that the genocide of Tamils took place in a press conference on Tuesday. 

Speaking to journalists at the Presidential Media Centre in Colombo, Colombage said; 

“Accusations that a genocide took place in Sri Lanka are baseless and it never took place.” 

As Sri Lanka’s economic crisis continues to worsen, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced that he would work with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), after numerous statements rejecting a potential bailout.

“This crisis was not created by me” insisted President Rajapaksa during his statement. It follows riotous protests outside the Presidential Secretariat over the economic crisis. These protests were led by Sri Lana’s opposition leader Sajith Premadasa. During the rally, Premadasa demanded a snap Presidential election.