Tag: Economical Crisis

Colombo:On Saturday (9th July), thousands of people descended upon the presidential palace of Sri Lanka's president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in a display of outrage over the island country's deteriorating economic situation.  On Friday, a day before an irate mob broke through police barricades and entered the compound, Rajapaksa left his official residence in Colombo. Due to the country's dire economic situation, protesters have been calling for the president's resignation. The Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, was...