Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe condemned the riot — and drew parallels to the upheaval in Sri Lanka over the summer, appearing to say the events should be understood in the same light ...

Sri Lanka’s acting president on Monday declared a state of ... the suppression of mutiny, riot or civil commotion, or for the maintenance of essential supplies. Under the emergency regulations ...

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe ... and on social media showed the protesters enter the President’s House – Rajapaksa’s office and residence in the commercial capital ...

A Reuters photo of Sri ... President's house, the day after demonstrators entered the building, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka ...

The president ... President's house on the day after demonstrators entered the building, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July ...

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa tried to escape ... Demonstrators could be seen partying in the house and swimming in the pool. They also set the prime minister's home on fire.

Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, the speaker of Sri Lanka’s Parliament ... failed to halt the protestors from surrounding the president's house, the witness said. A severe shortage of fuel on the ...

Protesters occupied the president's official residence and set the prime minister's house on fire amid widespread ... He joined the publication on the crime beat. Sri Lanka's government will ...

The building then became known as the President’s House as Sri Lanka became a republic. It became the official residence of the head of state, with the President’s Secretariat located at the ...