/tags/sri-lanka Sri Lanka en-US WLRN Mon, 11 Jul 2022 15:30:00 GMT /news/2022-07-11/sri-lanka-is-in-a-political-vacuum-as-angry-protesters-occupy-leaders-homes Opposition leaders have yet to agree on who should replace its current leaders, while protesters who are angry over acute shortages of fuel, food, medicine and other necessities vow to stay put. Mon, 11 Jul 2022 15:30:00 GMT /news/2022-07-11/sri-lanka-is-in-a-political-vacuum-as-angry-protesters-occupy-leaders-homes The Associated Press /news/2022-04-04/sri-lankas-cabinet-resigns-as-public-defies-curfew-amid-a-historic-economic-crisis The political crisis comes amid growing public outrage over shortages of food, fuel and medicines. Mon, 04 Apr 2022 16:19:21 GMT /news/2022-04-04/sri-lankas-cabinet-resigns-as-public-defies-curfew-amid-a-historic-economic-crisis The Associated Press /news/2021-06-03/sri-lanka-faces-an-environmental-disaster-as-a-ship-full-of-chemicals-starts-sinking Beaches are coated with plastic pellets, and a container full of nitric acid has leaked. Sri Lankan authorities are now making preparations for an oil spill. Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:59:32 GMT /news/2021-06-03/sri-lanka-faces-an-environmental-disaster-as-a-ship-full-of-chemicals-starts-sinking Laurel Wamsley