Months of demonstrations over dire economic conditions culminated in a peaceful takeover of the presidential residence and promises of resignations.
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Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister to Resign Amid Protests
Ranil Wickremesinghe, who had been in office only since May, said he would resign.
Sri Lanka’s Leader Will Resign, Ally Says, After Protesters Storm Residence
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will step down on Wednesday, according to the speaker of Parliament, amid fury over the economic crisis.
Fuel-Starved and Stuck in Crisis, Sri Lanka Orders Work from Home
The decree applies to employees of the state and education sectors, and was aimed at reducing the rush to public transport in the nation of 21 million.
With Gas Pumps All but Dry, Sri Lanka Faces Its ‘Most Difficult Time’
The island nation’s new prime minister revealed that the country’s economic disaster was even worse than imagined.
As Sri Lanka Plunges Into Ruin, the Rajapaksa Family Is on the Run
Once empowered by triumphant ethnic nationalism after a brutal civil war, the Rajapaksa dynasty has been undone by what its own allies call incompetence and denial.
For Sri Lanka’s Bickering Leaders, Election Hopes Dim After Terrorist Attack
The president and prime minister are being called on to step down even by supporters. Waiting in the wings is the family of the former strongman president, Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Sri Lanka Declares Curfew After Mobs Target Muslims
The island nation has been on alert for retaliatory violence directed at the minority Muslim population after the deadly Easter Sunday bombings.
Errors Raise Questions About Sri Lankan Response to Bombing
A series of failures in preventing and investigating the Easter bombing has exposed rifts in the government and brought accusations of incompetence.
Sri Lanka’s President Vows a Search of Every Home, as New Violence Erupts
Explosions and shootings continued to shake the country, as President Maithripala Sirisena tried to deflect anger at the government’s failure to stop the Easter Sunday bombings.