Topic: Sri Lanka crisis
Sri Lanka’s President Rajapaksa to step down on 13 July: Speaker
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has agreed to step down next week, Lanka’s parliamentary speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, has said.
Cricket; Only source of joy for many in crisis torn Sri Lanka
Cricket is a mental healer for Lankans, a respite from the dearth going on around them. It is the only thing that lets them forget the darkness they are experiencing.
Sri Lanka: Protesters storm President’s House, demand resignation
Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka have broken through police barricades and stormed the president’s residence and office in one of the largest anti-government marches in the crisis-hit country this year.
Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns amid anti-govt protests
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned on Monday, local media reported.
What is happening in Sri Lanka?: Former economist at Lanka’s central bank explains
An unprecedented economic crisis is unfolding in Sri Lanka. And while the country’s problems have been brewing for years, spillovers from the crisis in Ukraine have sent the island nation over the edge.
Sri Lanka declares state of emergency amid protests
Sri Lanka’s president has declared a state of emergency, giving sweeping powers to security forces a day after hundreds tried to storm his house in anger over an unprecedented economic crisis.
