Funds provided by India are already gone. China has kept its distance. As the crisis deepens, Sri Lanka has even turned to charities in Qatar for help.
Once empowered by triumphant ethnic nationalism after a brutal civil war, the Rajapaksa dynasty has been undone by what its own allies call incompetence and denial.
The move by Mahinda Rajapaksa came after violence erupted on the streets of Colombo, the capital. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the resignation would satisfy the protesters.