Category: Local News

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena that he will resign as the President of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence on 5th Lane in Colombo has been set on fire by the protestors.

Sri Lanka’s Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has officially informed Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in writing of the decisions taken at the party leaders’ meeting today, Speaker’s Office says.

A tense situation has arisen near the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has informed the Party Leaders that he is willing to resign as Prime Minister after an All Party Government is established, Prime Minister’s Office announced.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he would respect any decision taken at the meeting of political party leaders, Prime Minister’s Office says.

Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today (July 09) summoned an emergency meeting of political party leaders after protesters stormed the President’s House in Colombo amid growing anger over the government’s handling of an economic crisis.

Sri Lankan Protesters who are demonstrating in Colombo Fort have taken control of the Sri Lanka President’s House.

Sri Lankan police fired tear gas at protesters on Saturday in the commercial capital Colombo to control thousands gathered for one of the largest anti-government marches in the crisis-hit country this year.

A Sri Lankan Police officer joined the protesters in the Maharagama area today (July 09).

Sri Lanka police have used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protesters urging President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the incumbent government to step down at Chatham Street and nearby areas in Colombo today (July 09).

Thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa are set to converge on his official residence Saturday as the bankrupt nation struggles to buy daily essentials, inflation soars, and popular anger at the embattled leader mounts.

Train services in Sri Lanka will resume after the police curfew is lifted at 8.00 AM today (09 July), the General Manager of Sri Lanka Railways says.

Sri Lanka’s Secretary of Defence Kamal Gunaratne says the Police and the security forces are vested with powers to use necessary force against those endangering or harming the public by engaging in anti-social activity that also causes damage to property.

The Police headquarters announces that the curfew imposed on certain Police Divisions in the Western Province has been lifted from 08:00 AM today (July 09).

Police curfew has been imposed in seven Police Divisions in Sri Lanka with effect from 9:00 PM today (July 08) until further notice.