Sri Lankan protests

Dinuka LiyanawatteReuters NEW DELHI. April 3 2022 958 am.

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. Sri Lankan army commandos walk past the damaged vehicles after they were set on fire by demonstrators at the top of the road to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksas residence during a protest. 02042022 - 1030 Modified. COLOMBO Sri Lanka Protests popped up on Sunday across Sri Lankas capital and suburbs and at a university in the central city of Kandy driven by a.

Amid large scale protests against the government over the escalating economic crisis in the country Sri Lankas entire cabinet resigned on Sunday. People protest Sri Lankas President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and demand that Rajapaksa family politicians step down because of the countrys economic crisis. Sri Lanka imposed a countrywide curfew starting Saturday evening until Monday morning in addition to a state of emergency declared by the president in an attempt to prevent more unrest after.

An Internet user reads on his mobile phone unable to connect as he tries to log. CNN A string of cabinet ministers and the central bank governor have resigned in Sri Lanka as. Supporters of Sri Lankas main opposition sit on the fence of the Chinese owned Port City project as they gather a protest outside the presidents office in Colombo Sri Lanka Tuesday March 15.

02042022 - 1028 Soldiers secure and cordon off. Sri Lanka throttles social media protests as unrest builds. Sri Lankans participate in a protest demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign before the beginning of curfew in Colombo Sri Lanka.

There have been widespread protests in the past few days against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa amid shortage of fuel rising inflation and large scale power cuts. Amid protests over the countrys worst economic crisis in decades Sri Lanka government has imposed a curfew across the country from Saturday 6pm to Monday 6 am. Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa left joins other opposition legislators shouting anti-government slogans during a protest in Colombo Sri Lanka on April 3.

Burnt-out vehicles outside Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksas private residence in Colombo on Friday A nationwide state of emergency has been declared in Sri Lanka a day after protests. The 2022 Sri Lankan protests are a series of protests by opposition political parties and various non-partisan protesters against the government of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa accused of mismanaging the economy and producing an economic crisis with severe inflation daily blackouts a shortage of fuel and essential itemsProtesters demanded that the government. Sri Lankan army soldiers stand guard near Independence Square as opposition alliance Samagi Jana Balawegaya party members protest against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo Sri Lanka on Sunday.

Reuters Sri Lanka Economic Crisis Highlights. Sri Lanka faces worst-ever economic crisis triggering food and fuel shortages and protests. 50 injured as protesters try to storm presidents house amid economic crisis.

Activists protest outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksas office in Colombo Sri Lanka on March 18. Sri Lankas President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared a nationwide public emergency following violent protests outside his home over the countrys worst economic crisis in decades. COLOMBO Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka has blocked access to many social media platforms in an attempt to prevent further protests blaming the government for the worsening economic crisis.

Sri Lanka has imposed a curfew in the capital Colombo after protesters tried to storm the private residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Sri Lankan army commandos walk past a damaged bus after it was set on fire by demonstrators in Colombo Sri Lanka April 1 2022. Anti-government protests roiled Sri Lankas capital on Tuesday amid demands that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign as the country suffers its worst economic crisis within memory.

Troops armed with assault rifles moved to stop a protest by opposition lawmakers and hundreds. A Sri Lankan man shouts anti-government slogans during a protest outside the Sri Lankan presidents private residence on the outskirts of Colombo Sri Lanka March 31 2022. In the past three months fuel prices have increased three times while essential food items have doubled.

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