In turmoil: Protestors shouts slogans against Rajapaksa in front of the Presidential Secretariat, amid the country’s economic crisis in Colombo. — Reuters
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will need about US$3bil (RM12.6bil) in external assistance within the next six months to help restore supplies of essential items, including fuel and medicines, to manage a severe economic crisis, its finance minister told Reuters on Saturday.
The island nation of 22 million people has been hit by prolonged power cuts, with drugs, fuel and other items running short, bringing angry protesters out on the streets and putting President Gotabaya Rajapaksa under mounting pressure.
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