Sri Lanka’s cabinet resigns as protesters’ anger grows over economic crisis

All 26 cabinet ministers aside from the president and the prime minister quit as unrest over the country's worst financial crisis in decades continues

Sri Lanka's entire cabinet aside from the president and his sibling prime minister resigned from their posts on Sunday as the ruling political clan seeks to resolve a mounting economic crisis, with a social media blackout failing to halt another day of anti-government demonstrations.

The south Asian nation is facing severe shortages of food, fuel and other essentials - along with record inflation and crippling power cuts - in its most painful downturn since independence from Britain in 1948.