Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday offered his resignation. The island nation's worst economic crisis since independence has led to widespread protests. The prime minister has sent his letter of resignation to the president, a government official said. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is the prime minister's younger brother.
Amid the unprecedented economic crisis in Sri Lanka, a group of protestors at the Galle Face area, which they have renamed Gota Go Gama, rejected the offer of talks extended by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa while pressing for the resignation of the ruling dispensation.
Sri Lanka s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Wednesday that as the country s prime minister, he is ready to speak with the protesters who have been protesting against the government at Galle Face in Colombo for five days over the economic and political crisis.Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has stated that he is ready for a discussion