Tuesday’s protests came as the government is heavily in debt and struggling to pay for essential imports.
The 2019 Easter bombings on churches and hotels killed 270 people and hit vital tourism revenue.
The pandemic which followed further hampered recovery.
Analysts blame unsustainable debt, low revenue, a foreign exchange crisis, financial mismanagement and corruption for aggravating dire problems.
After months of rejecting calls to seek an international bailout, the government appears ready to seek help.
Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from one of the main demonstrations in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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#SriLanka #SriLankaProtests #SriLankaEconomicCrisis
Remain this on mind… This word is for all…. “UNITY IN DIVERSITY”
If eelam had got established, eelam would have helped Lanka a lot… But these people chose to kill them… Perhaps the karma has woken those skeletons up!.
@Rajkumar dream on
Eelam is tamil word for Hela..which is sinhala which is Sri Lanka lol
@tamarind145 i don’t get yout point !! What your r saying
@Rajkumar 🤣🤣🤣
@Rajkumar why would the Indians support you when the ltte assassinated Rajiv Ghandi, the Prime Minster of India back in the 80’s, dumbass?
India, Sri Lanka and other Dharmic countries should form a monetary Dharmic council.
@your dad and be dragged into fights by abrahamic religious majority countries, which most of them are.
@dishkyaondishkyaondishkyaon bruh…what??🤭🙄
@dishkyaondishkyaondishkyaon you have nothing else “other than abrahamic religious majority countries” to quote, shows your disgusting soul
your RAm is nothing but Abba Ram of abrahamic religion
because both STOREIES are written by j e ws – indian brah minsBan iys are j e ws
@Anthuvan Anbu another conspiracy theory.
@Aryan Hassan go to school.
All I see is upcoming hegemony of China or India over Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is strategically located in Indian ocean. It’s an opportunity for China, all they had to do is extend grants double the times what India offers.
So many llte terrorists partying in the comment section. Hope y’all die just like your leader prabhakaran the mass murderer
Once srilankan raped tamil women Now china going to rape srilankan women ……🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
Our contry wants .very power full youth leadership . We need new leadreship .we dont wont rajapaksha,sajith ,anura .we hate rajapaksha family, sajith,and anura we want youth leadreship
Not only you most countries in popular around the world wants it
@Vikeniswaran Pathma definitely my dear ..❤️
I believe a lot of free booze was handed out to protestors. They were singing and dancing along the way. This is not the type of civil disobedience that is required.
After all. Proud be a Sri Lankan 😁
Sri Lanka is fu*$d up. President Gotabaya and his whole family’s corruption destroyed the whole country. 6.9 million voters voted for this mad man and created this crisis. Now there is an excessive shortage of petrol, diesel, gas, kerosene, milk powder, rice, medicine and almost everything. Please save us from Rajapaksha family.
This is just the beginning…the Rajapakses are the most corrupt ever…
God is great
sajith = gota
අපි ඉවරයි 🤣
IMF and world Bank are at the centre of all collapsing economies world over.. nO wonder Islam strictly forbids interest taking and giving
Well done western countries, whoever supported this terrorist government
This idiot try to bring 300 000 supporters to protest, but less than 20 000 came. Country is facing bankruptcy and this idiot Sajith asking a presidential election.මු අමු ගවයා ඈ .. These guys asking back power but last time when they had the government they let Easter attack to happen and didn’t do anything to catch terrorists . Soon Sri Lanka will go back to agricultural economy and find a king to rule the island just like 2500 years ago.
Waste contry srilanks sale your contry to china.. Savungada loose payale
Crisis didn’t begun because of The Attack.. This current government won the election after that attack… They are the reason for the crisis only them
Rajapaksha family & corporation looting sri lanka..
Rajapaksha family paved pathway for this crisis
😂😂
The ruling people are really bad.But the protesters are even worse
Karma
If you choose a wrong government this is what’s happens, Rajapaksha government has sold Sri Lanka
India gives 2.4 billion loan to sri lanka
Results of chinese money trap.. Rajapaksha family is fully responsible for this disaster
Here you go. Topical
Meridian mafia. They report negatively like scavengers. But when a country is doing well, they are busy hunting for negativities in other part of the world. Can I say f*** you.
Hahahahaha
Where is china,india helped always but they cheated
THIS PROTEST IS NOT SHOWN REAL VOICE OF SRI LANKANS…We have an economic crisis but this protest is well planned by Samagi Jana Balawegaya. They have been given lunch packet and alcohol to poor people who lives rural areas and carry them to Colombo by bus.. Thats the real behind the story of this protest.. This is a totally dramatic thing rather than real protest and Sri Lankan peoples knows the real fact (political advantages upon real problem of people) behind this fake protest . That’s why most of sri lankans think that the leader of the “Samagi Janabalawegaya” is totally idoit 😂😂
The karma of jaffna tamilians…hit bk the country…
And president told “im not responsible to this crisis” 😄😄 100% joker
Where are the Buddhist monks who supported the Rajapaksa family. They have gone hiding now after instigating the Sinhalese bigotry.
You know since recent time many people have the audacity to opinionate badly , or could say anything to show their gimmick . As Tamil myself from different country , to those who are saying” these people deserve it or just saying this is karma just spreading hate . I understand your life is Fu*ked up just give it little time or more time or even only clean ash left , is okay we will remember you don’t worry . In the past , The government there with the help of the brits have successfully destroy the terrorists group of LTTE .This how it’s said , branded , written , sealed. Yes we know this is not entirely true .both sides army took serious damage in the name of war for our future . Plus we know the stories and the images of the genocide . One would say it even question the word inhuman for the acts occurred. Now all that ,it is what it is . Sometimes even the truth we have nothing to do with you or it’s better to believe it can’t be the truth anymore because we are merely humans . We human beings should learn about other humans being that how everything we have now came to exist. “I’m the citizen of the world, and everyone in the world is related to me ” is a Tamil quote . If you’re a Tamil leave up to it stop tripping up there among stars.
You wouldn’t talk these superficial lines if you had been a victim. So take your empty words and stick them into your behind.
Jihadis have ruined Sri Lanka too…!!!
Wtf. Sri lankan situation has nothing to do with jihadis. It was because they could not pay off the debt the country is going bankrupt.
India is saviour 🙏
What about if i say india is saviour to pakistan goverment..
I have no sympathy for Sri Lankan people! This country had these same politicians for decades! They are protesting to overthrow one corrupt government to elect a another corrupt government! No real change at all! IMF and China owned this country! Systematic change is what this country need, but all these people wants is to elect someone else! Makes no sense
You elected this government only for its anti Muslim stance now you are protesting against them
Rajapaksa is said to be war criminal. He killed innocent Tamils. Why he is not tried in International court of justice. May be God has punished.
Karma
you guys enjoyed genocide, then you supported government for killing people. now he is also killing you for the chinese debts for his luxury life
THE LEADERS HAVE F….D THE COUNTRY
Curse of Innocent tamil souls who were betrayed and killed ruthlessly in the genocide …
Learn to elect better politicians
Treat tourists well without ripping them off
When you borrow money from China your country will dissappear @Abraham Lincon
Please .pray for Sri Lanka.
Praying alone is not enough as long as people prey on others. Worldwide
this is not a protest. this is a paid drama. day salary is chicken biryani and half bottle of “gal” arrack
Sinhalese voted him
So enjoy the poverty
The only reason this government is still in power is that we have an opposition leader who is an idiot. People do not trust him, he is just a joker,
He is the Leader of the Opposition because his father is the former President of Sri Lana.
This is task given by world politics that have to ruin Tamil kind and singlava kind….and handover srilanka to China…understand fools…can’t escape..
Good example of how a culture eats and destroy a strategy of development. We have a bad culture which is a result of religions and education system and social classes.
Hey people’s in India and Sri Lanka
Know one thing
Don’t protest if you do , they will end your life.
They have done it in past,
just be safe with your loved one’s.
Sri lankan matter is now main political 3 parties now 33%evenly…
Fights till die…
That’s our style 😎
අපි තමා හො…Read more
Don’t worry our country , this is not always truth I live in Colombo this Sajith is fool he can’t get leadership he has no education and knowledge
when the Sri Lankan government was raping, murdering and discriminating against the Tamil people..the singhalese population didn’t protest like this. Now when it affects the majority singhalese population that’s when they care.
Sinhalese people are blind and racist. They never follow the true principles of Buddha.
who said that?Your grandma😂
if Sri Lanka wants we can send you Rahul gandhi there .
So sad
Poor people.
If prabagaran will not killed sri langa will became like a singapore
Lol.
SriLankan govt is highly incompetent. They can’t survive a day without foreign Loan.
Sinhalese people are largely responsible for this mess. Unfortunately every citizen has to suffer.
@Andrew isn’t genocide against Tamils also an act of Racism?
@Ashker lol,spread hate everywhere.
@Bawathra… Freedom of speech isn’t hatred. Sadly you cannot differentiate between the two. Pity you.
@Ashker shame there wasn’t a genocide
@Bawathra… have you heard of black july, or maybe wait what happened in 2009…Appi genathave 🤣🤣🤣🤣
they were eager to suppress and torture minorities , last year fuelled by a terrorist monk in Myanmar
You threw away competent Tamil intellectuals from the country due to silly cultural hegemony and now cry after your economy collapses. Perfect consequence when your Sinhalese Pride backfires so badly.
Karma will.hunt sru lanka….hahahah
Down down Rajapaksa
Over Reliance in one industry has led to this
Sri lanka is a rich country but majority of politicians are pull our country to poor nation.
Unp ekata chande denna epa unut horu me para jvp ekata chande denna amataka karanan epa
තොපි අහිංසක ජනතාව මරන්න නෙද යන්නේ
Let’s be United and throw all these corrupted idiots out of our nation
Because of sin made by govt against Sri Lankan tamils , now both Tamils and Sinhalese people are being affected , Buddha punished their country well
True that … Its all Karma
🤣
Bullshit good kicking you tamil got in srilanka.
those who dreamed of brutally exterminating the minorities there and building the kingdom of heaven. let this be a lesson to the tyrannical rulers and their supporters. with myanmar.
People should have protested like this when the genocide happed. Rajapaksa killed lakhs of tamils and srilankan people were cool with that. Infact they were so happy in his regime!
I have seen lots of videos of Mr.Prabhakaran, and have listened to his world view and his understanding of Geo Politics, the man was a thorough revolutionary and a feminist to the core, he inducted as many women tigers as he did of men, we can argue about the path he took to achieve his goals till the world ceases to exist but he did what he thought needed to be done, we are living in a world were we have people hating Mother Theresa for reasons they think are quite genuine so i have come to the conclusion that i cannot be any judge of a person who decided to experience the freedom the way it needs to experienced, who decided to seek a life of dignity one that does not seek his meek obedience to the Sinhala facist gun that has been put to his head whenever he voices his opinion …. He believed in the India which celebrated Mahatma Gandhi as its father and in the end he got betrayed and met the fate of all the revolutionaries who have been an hindrance to the expansion of the insatiable greed of a Globalized world…. it took the effort of more than 12 countries to put an end to this man…. HE WAS A FIGHTER TILL THE END…… Mr.Prabhakaran was a revolutionary extraordinaire and till his last breath he stayed loyal to his land and it’s people , till he was alive Not even Americans could step on the Srilankan Soil and look at Srilanka now a Chinese colony with a begging bowl in its hands …
@Vive La Republique lol
see
myanmaar after rohinkya issue
srilanka after riots…
next india
India growing with 10%
India is far too big a democracy for any thing to happen like this ..Like destruction of the country …
sajit awot kabalen lipata tamai puteee
Al jazeera is lying. These people were hired by the united national party. That’s why they are wearing green. These people try to get advantages from the crisis. Both parties are the same. They exploit people. And both parties are good friends. They pretend they are not. People who work for these parties have a lot of advantages. That’s why they do all these manifestation. After that they get benefits.
I have seen lots of videos of Mr.Prabhakaran, and have listened to his world view and his understanding of Geo Politics, the man was a thorough revolutionary and a feminist to the core, he inducted as many women tigers as he did of men, we can argue about the path he took to achieve his goals till the world ceases to exist but he did what he thought was needed to be done, we are living in a world where we have people hating Mother Theresa for reasons they think are quite genuine so i have come to the conclusion that i cannot be any judge of a person who decided to experience the freedom the way it needs to be experienced, who decided to seek a life of dignity one that does not seek his meek obedience to the Sinhala facist gun that’s been put to his head just for vocing his opinion …. He believed in the India which celebrated Mahatma Gandhi as its father and in the end he got betrayed and met the fate of all the revolutionaries who had been an hindrance to the expansion of the insatiable greed of a Globalized world…. it took the effort of more than 12 countries to put an end to this man…. HE WAS A FIGHTER TILL THE END…… Mr.Prabhakaran was a revolutionary extraordinaire and till his last breath he stayed loyal to his land and it’s people , till he was alive Not even Americans could step on the Srilankan Soil and look at Srilanka now a Chinese colony with a begging bowl in its hands …
@Vive La Republique 😂
69 ලක්ෂෙට ආඩම්බර ඇති දැන් 🤦♀️
Did you remember 2009 . You praised rajabakshe now what happen?
சாவுங்கடா சிங்கள நாய்களே தமிழனை அழித்து சிங்கள நாய்களே பாவங்க நீங்க ஒரு டம்ளர் தண்ணியில வந்தாகணும் ஸ்ரீலங்கா இருந்த இடம் தெரியாமல் போக போகுது தமிழுக்கு தமிழனுக்கு தமிழ் ஈழத்தை அமைத்து கொடுங்கள் ஸ்ரீலங்கா முன்னுக்கு வரும் அதுவரை நீங்களே பாருங்க
என்னும் இன்னும் மோசமாக ஸ்ரீலங்கா போகப்போகிறது என்று தமிழ் ஈழம் பிரித்துக் கொடுக்கப் போகிறதோ அதன்பிறகுதான் ஸ்ரீலங்கா ஒரு நாடாக அமையும்
Only china can save sri lanka
This is how we felt when IPKF came, when Sinhala Army came to our land, stole everything from us…my great grand father lost everything in 1956, my father and grandad lost everything in 1983 AND FOR ME
It’s a pleasure.
I will make sure that My son and daughter remember these too.
What goes around comes around well done to rajapakse bros. FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT
wake up buddy.This is 21st century.😂
@AÆ yes and nothing changed…
@ThamiliniTamlis be like:It’s time to spread our folk tales.😂
@AÆ I know you people are able to change the history…but the world knows about BLACK JULY.
You elected rajapakse bros so can’t expect anything more from you 🤣🤣🤣
අනිත් රටවල උන් අපිට හිනා වෙනවා හුත්තො 😥😥😥😫😫😫😫😫😫රාජපක්ශලාගෙ අවසානය 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
Koti eliyata bahala echcharai..mewa nikan drama sajith ge
Mun hithanne minissu aththatama udgoshane kiyala.baila
rajapaksha then sajith samagi jana balawawagaya not come to next election that is actual situation in sri lanka
Sri Lanka does not have leaders. They have only corrupt politicians.
These guys imports everything.
They killed local industries which were there before. Those factories were closed for good. Why. ..?
To give their friends and opportunity to import and earn commission.
They never allow anybody to manufacture anything in Sri Lanka.
But give full support if you want to import something. That’s called …Import Economy.
Sri Lanka doesn’t encourage exports. Exporters do what ever on their.
Sri Lanka politicians think Sri Lanka people are fools.
Actually Sri Lanka people, at least 75% are fools. They vote for the corrupt guy even when they know he’s corrupt. Such crazy people you get in Sri Lanka.
New government came to Power with Racism influenced by hiru & Derana media. And deserved the curse. India should realize the Racism will lose finally
It’s not about the politicians, it’s not about the country, it’s about peoples coz they are looking for a king not a leadership and that’s why srilankans suffering this much.. 🙏🙏🧐
6900000 voters reason
Young opposition is fighting hard to send the corrupt Rajapaksa family home.
This family is living in the lap of Luxury while the poor man is been killed softly.
You are what you eat
This is the worst president I have ever seen. Disgusting 🤮🤮. Mother##@.He and his family distroyed our Sri Lankan lifes . World plz save us…….😭😭😭. He Stole everything that belong us. Help us…. World 🌎
Gotabaya is the failure of the century
Him and his family members dystroying our beutifull mother land
Fight with tamils, for sale county
Sri Lanka and 194 other countries, need democracy. Not IMF.
but these are even worse. this idiot Sajitha is not the solution . he is part of the game. his father is same like Rajapaksha.
Dang not sajith sajith man!!!😂💔