Lanka marks 50th day of agitation as call for prez resignation intensifies
The Morning Standard|May 29, 2022
SRI LANKAN police on Saturday fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse anti-government protestors here as the ongoing agitation demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the worst economic crisis intensified as it entered its 50th day.
Lanka marks 50th day of agitation as call for prez resignation intensifies

Sri Lanka is near bankruptcy and has severe shortages of essentials from food, fuel, medicines and cooking gas to toilet paper and matchsticks. For months, people have been forced to stay in long lines to buy the limited stocks.

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