Colombo: President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has said that the all-party national government is ready to resolve the political uncertainty following the economic crisis in Sri Lanka. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will resign for this. All political parties represented in Parliament are invited to attend tomorrow’s meeting of the National Government.
The people, frustrated by the sharp rise in prices, have been protesting for two weeks in front of the President’s Palace for the resignation of the President and the Prime Minister. All trade unions have called for a strike from today in support of the strike.
The trains will not run as the railway unions have been on strike for 24 hours since midnight yesterday. The shortage of essentials continues to be acute. The operation of the hospitals was disrupted as the medicine might not be imported. Sri Lanka seeks loan from International Monetary Fund following defaulting on international debt
English Summary: Mahinda Rajapaksa to resign