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.
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.
Months of lengthy blackouts and acute shortages of food, fuel and medicines in Sri Lanka have infuriated the public, with huge protests demanding the government's resignation turning violent this week.