COLOMBO, April 4 — Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa called for a unity government on Monday to deal with the country’s economic crisis, as cabinet ministers and the central bank governor offered to resign and stock trading was halted twice because of a plunge in share prices. The...
COLOMBO, April 4 — Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa called for a unity government on Monday to deal with the country’s economic crisis, as cabinet ministers and the central bank governor offered to resign and stock trading was halted twice because of a plunge in share prices.
“Considering this a national need, the time has come to work together for the sake of all the citizens and future generations,” Rajapaksa’s media office said in a statement. The developments come after Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency on Friday, following protests over the economic hardship faced by the people of the country. trading twice on Monday morning due to a sharp fall in the benchmark share price index.
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