Protestors are spotted outside Sri Lanka's Presidential Palace in Colombo on July 9, 2022. Protesters react after police fire tear gas to disperse them in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 9, 2022.

Sri Lankan president, prime minister agree to step down after massive protests 00:25. Colombo, Sri Lanka — President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has agreed to resign in the coming days, the speaker of ...

COLOMBO — Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo broke through police barricades and stormed the president’s official residence on Saturday in one of the largest ...

Protesters have stormed the presidential residence in Sri Lanka as thousands take to the streets over the president’s handling of the country’s economic crisis. Follow here for the latest news ...

Sri Lanka's prime minister resigns, house set ablaze as protests against failing economy turn deadly By Arshad R. Zargar May 10, 2022 / 11:49 AM EDT / CBS News ...

Sri Lanka's parliament elected longtime politician Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country's new president in a secret ballot on Wednesday. Here's what led to this moment.

The building then became known as the President’s House as Sri Lanka became a republic. It became the official residence of the head of state, with the President’s Secretariat located at the ...

(New York) – Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is driving millions of people into poverty, jeopardizing their rights to health, education, and an adequate standard of living, Human Rights Watch said ...