Sri Lanka's finance minister resigns a day after being sworn in: Letter

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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka\u0027s Finance Minister, Ali Sabry, resigned on Tuesday (Apr 5) a day after being sworn in, amid growing public unrest over a worsening economic crisis. \u0022I hereby tender my resignation from the post of Minister of Finance with immediate effect,\u0022 Sabry said in a letter to the president, seen b

Sri Lankans protest demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 4, 2022.

Sri Lanka’s president on Monday invited all political parties represented in Parliament to accept ministries after his Cabinet resigned amid public protests over the country’s worst economic crisis in memory that has caused shortages of food, fuel and medicines.

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