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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...
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...
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...
President flees Sri Lanka amid crisis as ire turns toward PM
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's president fled the country early Wednesday, slipping away only...
Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa ousted, ally nominated as successor
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCOLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's parliament accepted the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa...
Sri Lanka's embattled government declares emergency as protests rage
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSri Lanka's embattled government declared a nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday in a bid to...
Sri Lankans storm prime minister's office, demanding he quit as well
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCOLOMBO (Reuters) -Barely hours after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on...
Anne to meet Sri Lanka’s president during first royal tour of 2024
Press Association News via AOL· 4 months agoThe Princess Royal will meet the president of Sri Lanka during her three-day visit to the...
Sri Lanka Latest: Rajapaksa Resigns After Months of Protests
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa sent his resignation to the parliament...
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...