Anti-government protesters have returned to the streets of Sri Lanka’s capital after newly-appointed President Ranil Wickremesinghe vowed to crack down on the protests that toppled his predecessor, condemning them as “against the law.”

Sri Lankan lawmakers have elected six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as president of the crisis-hit island country.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation was accepted by the country's parliament on Friday, days after he fled the island amid mass protests.

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has e-mailed his resignation, shortly after he reached Singapore.

Sri Lanka is in chaos a day after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country in the middle of protests fueled by an economic crisis.

Sri Lanka's embattled president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the crisis-hit country on a military jet to the Maldives amid mass protests over the island's worsening economic crisis.

The Sri Lankan president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is due to officially resign on Wednesday after months of protests, has made a failed attempt to flee the crisis-hit country.