Category: Local News

The Sri Lanka Army announces that they will have to use full force as necessary to protect public property and public life from violent people.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is following the situation in Sri Lanka very closely and has urged all party leaders to “embrace the spirit of compromise” for a peaceful and democratic transition.

Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa today (July 14) pledged before the Supreme Court through their lawyers that they will not leave the country until the Fundamental Rights petition filed against them is heard tomorrow (July 15).

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the Maldives for Singapore a few moments ago on plane SV 788 belonging to Saudi Airlines.

Curfew has been imposed in the Colombo administrative district in Sri Lanka with effect from 12 noon today until 5:00 AM tomorrow (July 15).

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.