Sri Lanka's anti-government demonstrators end their occupation of official buildings as they vow to press on with their bid to bring down the president and PM in the face of a grave economic crisis
Sri Lanka's anti-government demonstrators have said they are ending their occupation of official buildings, as they vowed to press on with their bid to bring down the president and prime minister in the face of a dire economic crisis.
Protesters overran President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's palace over the weekend, forcing him to flee to the Maldives on Wednesday, and also stormed the office of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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