Sri Lanka Politics

Sri Lanka Politics

Security personel stand guard outside the Parliament building, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 16, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Sri Lanka's parliament votes for a new president as protesters wait

Protestors shout slogans during a protest demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Sri Lanka could tip back to chaos if six-time PM voted president

File photo of Ranil Wickremesinghe. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/Files

Sri Lanka's Wickremesinghe to face low-key lawmaker in tight race for president

Leader of Samagi Jana Balawegaya party, Sajith Premadasa, gestures during a campaign rally, on the last day of rallies ahead of country's parliamentary election scheduled for August 5, 2020, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 2, 2020. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/Files

Sri Lankan opposition leader drops out of presidential race as protests planned

A demonstrator holding the Sri Lankan national flag is silhouetted during the protest against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, near the Presidential Secretariat, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 15, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo

Three-way fight for Sri Lanka presidency: Parliament

Demonstrators wait in line after entering the Presidential Secretariat premises, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Lankan protesters 'peacefully withdrawing' from official buildings

Demonstrators wait in line after entering the Presidential Secretariat premises, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 10, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Sri Lanka protest sites calm as president's resignation awaited

Photo: BBC

Sri Lanka crisis: Protesters storm into prime minister's office

In this photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, greets prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe during the latter's oath taking ceremony as the new finance minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 25, 2022. Both men Saturday said they would resign, after the country’s most chaotic day in months of political turmoil, with protesters storming both officials’ homes and setting fire to one of the buildings in a rage over the nation’s severe economic crisis. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP)

Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe takes over as acting president: Report

Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: Reuters

Key members of Sri Lanka's ruling party want PM as president, no decision yet

FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa presents his national statement as a part of the World Leaders' Summit at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 1, 2021. Andy Buchanan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Sri Lanka president's resignation could reach parliamentary speaker by midday: Source

Jeevanth Peiris, a Catholic priest who is part of the Aragalaya core group, looks at a book at GotaGoHome village after demonstrators entered into the President's house and Presidential Secretariat building, following the fleeing of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 11, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

How a band of activists helped bring down Sri Lanka's government

Sri Lanka faced with new challenges after leaders quit

Sri Lanka faced with new challenges after leaders quit