Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa arrives at his brother President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence, while a damaged bus is seen in the background after it was set on fire by demonstrators at the top of the road to Sri Lankan President's residence during a protest against him as many parts of the crisis-hit country face up to 13 hours without electricity due to a shortage of foreign currency to import fuel, in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 1, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Police in Sri Lanka's capital lifted a curfew on Friday after protests in which dozens of people were arrested and injured near the home of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over his handling of an economic crisis.
Hundreds of protesters gathered near Rajapaksa's residence in a Colombo suburb late on Thursday before police moved in to disperse them with tear gas and water cannons.
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