Sri Lanka’s acting president, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Monday that Western sanctions introduced against Russia won’t bring it down to its knees, while third world countries will suffer. “Do you think sanctions will help? It will only drag the prices up. […] Let us look at the sanctions ...
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will resign on July 13, newspaper Adaderana reported on Saturday, citing Parliamentary Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana. Earlier, Abeywardana informed Rajapaksa of the decisions made at today’s emergency meeting of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party leaders, which was convened in response to the mass protests ...