Underwears are placed by protestors on a temporary metal barrier made to block protesters at the main entrance to the parliament during the trade unions' nationwide Harthal, a peaceful protest, demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his cabinet and blaming them for creating the country's worst economic crisis in decades, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 6, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Thousands of shops, schools and businesses closed on Friday as public and private sector workers in Sri Lanka went on strike, demanding the president and the government step down for their mishandling of the island's worst financial crisis in decades.
Hit hard by the pandemic, rising oil prices and tax cuts by the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka has been left with as little as $50 million in useable foreign reserves, the country's finance minister said this week.
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