Again in this country. no gas, no fuel and various essential medications, and people are suffering, and people are living with one meal per day. can you imagine, can you imagine? i am so sorry to say this. a cost of living crisis, after a pandemic, has brought thousands to the streets. they blame the government for reckless borrowing, ill timed tax cuts, and a failed experiment in organic farming which has driven food shortages. political heavyweights in sri lanka, prime minister mahinda rajapaksa and his brother, the president, gotabaya, have ruled sri lanka, on and off, for decades. now, the man once known as the country s lion has quit. addressing his faithful one last time, mahinda rajapaksa, who has also served as both president and finance minister, is stepping aside to make way