In Pictures: Sri Lanka in Crisis July 13, 2022 12:26 PM Protesters storm Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, ...

Sri Lanka police officers stand guard on a road leading to the parliament building, after the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa lost its majority, amid the country's economic crisis, in ...

Violence erupted across Sri Lanka after months of protests over sky-high inflation, food and fuel shortages, that has left the island nation teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.

Sri Lanka shut off fuel sales to most residents last week over concerns it would run out of petroleum, becoming the first country to broadly restrict fuel sales since the oil crisis of the 1970s.

Sri Lanka plunged into an economic crisis in 2022, creating severe shortages and drawing strident protests that led to the ouster of then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It declared bankruptcy in ...

Sri Lanka’s new president should be ... Pradeep Dambarage via Getty Images. Sri Lanka’s new president should be ... major reason why Sri Lanka is facing this current crisis.

Here’s the latest. Who’s in charge in Sri Lanka? President Rajapaksa is due to formally leave office on Wednesday, after being forced to resign in the wake of months-long protests.

Sri Lanka's president and prime minister resign amid an economic crisis NPR speaks with Ahilan Kadirgamar, a political economist at the University of Jaffna, about political turmoil in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka, the small teardrop-shaped island where my parents are from, is facing an unprecedented economic crisis. Niranda Perera, a 32-year-old Indiana University Ph.D. student from Nugegoda, a ...

Sri Lanka, the small teardrop-shaped island where my parents are from, is facing an unprecedented economic crisis. Niranda Perera, a 32-year-old Indiana University Ph.D. student from Nugegoda, a ...

Sri Lanka, a beautiful island nation known for its lush forests, pristine beaches, and vibrant culture, is facing one of the worst economic collapses in its history. Once seen as a post-war ...

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