Sri Lanka: Protesters demand president’s resignation, opposition rejects unity offer

Sri Lanka’s opposition, on Monday, dismissed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s invitation to join a unity government, calling it “nonsensical” and instead, demanded he should resign over the country’s worsening shortages of food, fuel, and medicines. Protesters also took to the streets to ask the president to step down. Rajapaksa’s overture came as armed troops looked to…