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Sri Lankan president flees to Maldives, protesters storm prime minister's office
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCOLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on Wednesday, driven...
Protesters in Sri Lanka overrun prime minister’s office after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoProtesters in Sri Lanka, where an economic crisis has upended people’s daily lives, were angry but...
Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa escapes to the Maldives
Quartz· 2 years agoSri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (July 13) escaped to the neighbouring island nation of...
Sri Lankan president flees as protesters storm his home and set fire to the prime minister’s
Quartz· 2 years agoSri Lanka plunged into a deep crisis today (July 9) triggered by an economic collapse. It was a...
Sri Lankan prime minister sworn in as president after predecessor's resignation
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPrime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, right, greets Sri Lanka's chief justice during Wickremesinghe's...
After their president flees, Sri Lankans turn their anger on the prime minister
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPolice deploy tear gas as protesters storm the Sri Lankan prime minister's office in Colombo after...
Sri Lanka's new president to appoint ally of ousted Rajapaksa as PM - sources
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCOLOMBO (Reuters) -New Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will appoint an ally of the ousted...
Political vacuum besets Sri Lanka after toppling of president and prime minister
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoProtesters look around and pose for photographs inside the Sri Lankan president's official residence...
New Sri Lankan president divisive choice for fixing crisis
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSri Lanka’s prime minister was elected president Wednesday by lawmakers who opted for a seasoned,...
Sri Lankan leaders agree to resign after protesters storm president's home, office
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSri Lankan protesters demanding that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil...