Topline Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe—who was serving as the country’s interim president—was voted into power as the new president by the country’s lawmakers on Wednesday despite his...
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State Of Emergency Declared As Prime Minister Takes Over —Here’s What To Know
Topline Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe took over as the country’s interim president on Wednesday and ordered a nationwide state of emergency and curfew, stirring even more anti-g...
What’s Happening in Sri Lanka? What to Know About the Protests and Economic Crisis
Sri Lanka’s sovereign-debt crisis has crippled its economy and sparked months of political turmoil and public unrest. With its foreign reserves drained to near zero, the South Asian nation fell into d...
Sri Lanka’s Leaders Face Mounting Pressure As Economic Crises Grows
The second major protest calling for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was held in … [+] Colombo, Sri Lanka on 18 March 2022. Akila Jayawardana/NurPhoto via Getty Images As the wor...