Sri Lankans occupy the entrance to the President’s office on the second day | national politics

By KRISHAN FRANCIS – Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – Sri Lankan protesters occupied the entrance to the president’s office for a second day on Sunday, demanding Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation over the debt-ridden country’s worst economic crisis on record. Hundreds of protesters braved heavy rain with raincoats and umbrellas and chanted anti-government slogans. Some … Read more

Pressure mounts on Sri Lankan leader to quit amid crisis | national politics

By KRISHAN FRANCIS – Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – Thousands of Sri Lankans rallied in the country’s central business district and Christian clergymen marched in the capital to observe a day of protests on Saturday that have called for the indebted nation’s president to resign amid fear and anger bottlenecks were brewing. Demonstrators … Read more