By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - When former justice minister Ali Sabry visited Sri Lanka's president last Monday, it was .
COLOMBO: When former justice minister Ali Sabry visited Sri Lanka’s president last Monday, it was for talks amid an economic crisis that has brought thousands of protesters on to the street and left the island nation short of fuel, medicine and power. By the time Sabry left the meeting with Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to his surprise he was finance minister, thrust into the center of
Ordinary people in Sri Lanka have taken to the streets in recent weeks calling for Rajapaksa and his family to quit. The president's elder brother, Mahinda, is prime minister.
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By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - When former justice minister Ali Sabry visited Sri Lanka's president last Monday, it was .