Sri Lankans at Yale, through the student organization SLAY, have also been raising awareness, fundraising and calling for support for Sri Lanka.
Protestors across Sri Lanka and the globe are demanding an overhaul of the existing government.
On April 5, all 26 Sri Lankan cabinet ministers except for the president and prime minister resigned. Miranda Jeyaretnam 12:56 am, Apr 22, 2022 Staff Reporter Wikimedia CommonsIn the midst of one of the worst economic crises to hit Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan students at Yale are working to organize support for their families and friends back home.
Amid food, fuel and medical supply shortages, Sri Lankans have taken to the streets to demand the resignations of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa — two brothers of a family clan that has ruled Sri Lanka for most of the past two decades.
Nandalal Weerasinghe, a former senior deputy governor at the central bank.
The finance department has specifically seen great turmoil lately.
Sabry attempted to resign from this position mere days later, and then reassumed the role.