Amid economic crisis, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has managed to defeat a no-confidence motion tabled against him by Opposition. The island nation recently witnessed violent protests calling for the resignation of the embattled President.
In an address to the nation, Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the next couple of months will be the most difficult ones owing due to ongoing economic crisis.
Sri Lanka s New PM Thanks Narendra Modi: Ranil Wickremesinghe took the oath as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka after the island nation is surrounded by a huge financial crisis. Mahinda Rajapakse was asked to resign and he is hiding in a naval base.
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa said he has accepted the invitation from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to form interm goverment in Sri Lanka, subject to certain conditions.
Sri Lanka crisis LIVE Updates: Sri Lanka's economic crisis has escalated into a civil unrest following the resignation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on May 9. Soon after Rajapaksa's resignation, his supporters clashed with the anti-government protesters. The ancestral home of the politically-influential Rajapaksa family in Hambantota was set on fire by protesters. Eight people have died and around 250 people have been injured in the violence. On May 11, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa addressed the nation and said a new PM and cabinet will be elected in a week.