Category: Local News

A rights group documenting alleged abuses in Sri Lanka has filed a criminal complaint with Singapore’s attorney general, seeking the arrest of Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for his role in the South Asian nation’s decades-long civil war.

The United Kingdom (UK) will continue to support Sri Lanka, UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Minister Lord Tariq Ahmad said yesterday (July 23).

Assorted gemstones totaling 1,746 pieces worth 9.43 million Indian rupees were seized at the airport in Chennai and a Sri Lankan national was arrested in this connection, the Indian customs department said.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed a three-member committee to conduct an Investigation immediately into the bribery allegation against former minister Nimal Siripala de Silva and to submit a report.

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says the predawn military raid at the Galle Face Green protest site on Friday (July 22) sends a “chilling message” to peaceful protesters.

The Council of the European Union (EU) in a strongly worded statement on yesterday (July 22) said that the EU expects the new Government of Sri Lanka to work in full compliance with its GSP+ commitments.

Extraordinary gazette notification issued today (July 22) announcing Wajira Abeywardena as a national list MP of United National Party (UNP).

U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung said she met with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to express her grave concern over the unnecessary and deeply troubling escalation of violence against protesters overnight.

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered Sri Lanka’s new president his support on Friday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, as the Indian Ocean island grapples with its worst economic crisis in decades.

Nine protesters including Attorney-at-law Nuwan Bopage arrested at the Galle Face were granted bail after being produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court.

Two deaths were reported in fuel queues in Sri Lanka today (July 22) from Kinniya and Mathugama areas.

The new Cabinet of Ministers of the interim government took oaths before Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the Prime Minister’s Office this afternoon (July 22).

General Kamal Gunaratne has been reappointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence by President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Member of Parliament Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in front of the President Ranil Wickremesinghe this morning (July 22).

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) strongly and unreservedly condemned the use of force and violence last night by the authorities in attacking protestors at Galle Face in the vicinity of the Presidential Secretariat.

U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung says she is deeply concerned about actions taken against protestors at Galle Face in Colombo, Sri Lanka in the middle of the night.