Sri Lanka Economy

• Sri Lanka risks new turmoil as unpopular prime minister elected president

  Sri Lankans have taken to the street for months to demand their president and his prime minister step down as the country spiraled into economic chaos.

  World

  Jul 20, 2022
  
• Sri Lanka crisis: President flees Maldives, protesters leave offices

  The country’s rapid decline was all the more shocking because, before the recent crisis, the economy had been expanding, with a growing, comfortable middle class.

  World

  Jul 14, 2022
  
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• Sri Lankan protesters storm PM office after president flees country

  Sri Lanka's president fled the country without stepping down Wednesday, plunging a country already reeling from economic chaos into more political turmoil.

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  Jul 13, 2022
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• Sri Lanka, in ‘total chaos,’ will get new president amid economic meltdown

  Leaders of the protest movement have said crowds will occupy the residences of the president and prime minister in Colombo until they finally quit office.

  World

  Jul 11, 2022
• Why is Sri Lanka in an economic crisis? Here’s what we know

  Analysts say that economic mismanagement by successive governments has weakened Sri Lanka's public finances, leaving national expenditure in excess of income.

  World

  Jul 10, 2022