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Sri Lanka Crisis: Thousands of protesters storm Prez House demanding Gotabaya Rajapaksa's ouster

Colombo/UNI: Hundreds of thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stormed the President's House here on Saturday after overcoming stiff resistance put up by security forces, leaving an unspecified number of people injured.

SL PM calls emergency meeting

Colombo/UNI: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday called an emergency meeting of party leaders after thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stormed the President's House here.

Sri Lanka's finance minister quits one day after joining

Colombo: Amid a deepening economic crisis and growing public unrest, Sri Lanka's finance minister Ali Sabry has resigned a day after being sworn in.

Sri Lanka: Amid deepening economic crisis, Lankans escape to India for survival

As Sri Lanka grapples with acute shortages of energy and essential goods amid its worst economic crisis, the country's people are fleeing to neighboring India for survival.

Sri Lanka heads towards humanitarian crisis as economic woes mount

The Covid-19 pandemic has left Sri Lanka in a deep economic crisis, pushing at least half a million people into poverty amid soaring inflation that has forced a large chunk of the population to cut down on food and fuel requirements.