People watch television from a bed, take pictures in a meeting room, try out the swimming pool and lounge and play cards at the presidential palace. REUTERS, ap, AFP Previous NextSri Lankans roamed through the ransacked presidential palace in Colombo yesterday as calm returned a day after protesters stormed the building and forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to agree to resign by Wednesday. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is also said to be stepping down to allow an all-party administration to take over. Rajapaksa had not been seen in public since Friday and he had not said anything directly about resigning. Frustration with the economic crisis boiled over on Saturday when a huge crowd of protesters surged passed armed guards into the presidential palace.

Source: The Standard July 11, 2022 01:14 UTC