Tag: Sri Lanka

Protestors on the island nation of Sri Lanka rallied to largest city of Colombo on Saturday as an estimated 100,000 gathered outside the Sri Lankan President's residence before storming the grounds, breaking through security cordons setup by police. The President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was reportedly evacuated from his office/residence in...

Sri Lanka’s entire cabinet, with the exception of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, as the country faces protests over a growing economic crisis that has seen food, fuel, and medicine shortages, as well as inflation. Protests have been ongoing since mid-March and have largely...