Voting in Sri Lanka’s first presidential election since a major economic crisis kicked off on Saturday morning, officials said. More than 17 million eligible voters will be able to cast their votes across 13,421 polling booths between 7 am (0130 GMT) and 4 pm. Sri Lanka, an island state of some 22 million people, last held elections in November 2019, when it elected Gotabaya Rajapaksa as president. Rajapaksa was forced to flee the country and resign in July 2022 after tens of thousands of people took to the streets in protest, angered by the country’s economic collapse. Incumbent Ranil Wickrem…