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Sri Lanka's protests show a fragile unity – for now
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSri Lankan students march during a protest over the economic crisis outside the residence of prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo, April 24, 2022....
Sri Lankan protesters include Tamil victims in war memorial
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSri Lankan protesters lit flames and offered prayers Wednesday remembering thousands — including...
Sri Lankan power family falls from grace as economy tanks
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWith one brother president, another prime minister and three more family members cabinet ministers,...
'Happy 2080!': South and Southeast Asian communities celebrate New Years in Columbus
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNeetyaa Bhattarai likes to joke with her peers at Ohio State University that she comes from the...
Booker Prize Winner Shehan Karunatilaka on Literature and Sri Lanka's Ongoing Crises
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShehan Karunatilaka, Sri Lankan author of 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,' attends the Booker...
Behind the crisis in Sri Lanka – how political and economic mismanagement combined to plunge nation...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe sun sets on Sri Lanka's protest movement (for now). Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images)Sri Lankan...
Monks’ role in Sri Lanka protests raises familiar questions
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPolitical involvement by the monks — easy to spot in the protests against Rajapaksa’s inaction on...
Sri Lanka PM, scion of political dynasty, resigns amid protests
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMahinda Rajapaksa, who has dominated Sri Lankan politics for nearly 20 years and whose government...
A brief history of the rise, fall of Sri Lanka's president
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBefore he fled Sri Lanka on Wednesday amid a crushing economic crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa...
Sri Lanka Has a New President. That Won't Stop the Protests
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRanil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's then-prime minister, speaks during a Bloomberg Television...