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RANIL REMAINS Protesters rally outside Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office in the capital Colombo to demand his resignation after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. AP PHOTO
RANIL REMAINS Protesters rally outside Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office in the capital Colombo to demand his resignation after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. AP PHOTO

(UPDATED) COLOMBO: Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency on Wednesday as thousands of people mobbed the prime minister's office after the president flew to the Maldives following months of widespread protests over a crushing economic crisis.

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