Category: Local News

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed four new Cabinet Ministers today (May 14).

Sri Lanka’s Consul General to Sydney Australia, Lakshman Hulugalle has passed away at the age of 66.

Sri Lanka has received assurance from Indian officials regarding supply of fertilisers that the island nation requires urgently. Sri Lankan High Commissioner Milinda Moragoda met concerned officials on Friday to discuss the issue.

Protesters attacked earlier this week by supporters of Sri Lanka’s government demanded Friday that the newly appointed prime minister arrest his predecessor for allegedly instigating the attack against them as they were calling for his resignation.

Sri Lanka’s new prime minister has told the BBC an economic crisis that has brought misery and unrest is “going to get worse before it gets better”.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party would support the Ranil Wickremesinghe led Government, SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam confirmed to the media.

The island-wide curfew now in force will be lifted at 6:00 AM tomorrow and re-imposed at 6:00 PM tomorrow (May 14) till 5.00 AM on Sunday (May 15), the PMD said.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has decided not to accept any portfolios or be part of a government under Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Export financing institution India Exim Bank is looking at restructuring its $ 1.3 billion exposure to crisis-ridden Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka’s new prime minister will begin forming a unity government on Friday, but his appointment has failed to appease anti-government protesters demanding the resignation of the president for the country’s disastrous economic crisis.

Newly appointed Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed duties at the Prime Minister’s Office this morning (May 13).

JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said the decision taken by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appoint Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister, is one that was made with zero regard to the voice of the people.

Sri Lankan rupee has appreciated to Rs.365 against the US Dollar today (May 13) when compared with yesterday’s (May 12) selling rate of Rs. 380, in several licensed commercial banks.

Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry requests the general public to report details of criminal activities to their hotline.

After the appointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, US Ambassador Julie Chung in a Twitter message said that she is looking forward to working with the new Prime Minister.

The island-wide curfew currently in force in Sri Lanka will be lifted at 6:00 AM tomorrow (May 13) morning and will be re-imposed at 2:00 PM tomorrow and will remain in effect until 6.00 a.m. on Saturday (May 14).