Category: Local News

Sri Lankan Protesters have decided to withdraw from government buildings they have occupied including the President’s House, Presidential Secretariat, Temple Trees and the Office of the Prime Minister with immediate effect

Sri Lankans waited for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday, a day after he fled to the Maldives to escape a popular uprising against an economic crisis blamed on his government’s mismanagement.

Protesters took away a T-56 firearm and two magazines containing 60 rounds of live ammunition from an army officer who was injured during unrest at the Polduwa Junction near Parliament last night (July 13), Sri Lanka Police said.

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has told the military to do “whatever is necessary to restore order” after protesters stormed his office on Wednesday (July 14).

An island-wide curfew has been imposed in Sri Lanka until 5:00 AM tomorrow (July 14) by Acting President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has issued an extraordinary gazette appointing Ranil Wickremesinghe as Acting President of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka’s Acting President and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe informs Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to nominate a Prime Minister who is acceptable to both the Government and Opposition.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled to the Maldives in the wee hours on Wednesday (July 13), is now expected to head to Singapore with his family.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) says it is deeply disturbed at the occupation of the Prime Minister’s Office at Flower Road by protesting crowds and called upon them to return the said premises to the authorities immediately.

Sri Lanka Police have fired tear gas to disperse a group of protesters at Polduwa Junction in Battaramulla, near the entry road to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka’s Chief of the Defence Staff General Shavendra Silva today (July 13) said that Sri Lanka Police and the Three-Armed Forces have acted per the constitution of the country.

Maldivians and Sri Lankan expatriates are protesting near Maldives President Ibrahim Solih’s house urging the authorities to send ousted Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa out from their country’s soil.

Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena says that the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe have no mandate at all and resigning from their positions is the most appropriate thing at this time.

The National People’s Power (NPP) has been holding a protest near the Parliament of Sri Lanka since this morning (July 13).

Sri Lankan protesters have taken over the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Office at Flower Road, Colombo, a short while ago.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena that he would step down as mentioned earlier, and would ensure that the letter of resignation is officially sent to the Speaker today (July 13).