Category: Local News

Police say that social media activist Thisara Anuruddha Bandara, a university student has not been abducted but arrested by a team of officers from the Colombo North Crimes Division last night (April 01) in accordance with Section 120 of the Penal Code.

An island-wide curfew will be imposed at 6.00 PM today (April 02), the Department of Government Information announced.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) said they were gravely concerned by the declaration of a state of emergency claiming that it was not the answer to the present situation in the country, including the spate of public protests which have occurred.

State Minister Roshan Ranasinghe says he would step down from his positions with effect from the 01st of May.

Jaliya Chitran Wickramasuriya, 61, of Arlington, Virginia attempted to misappropriate $332,027 during the Sri Lankan government’s 2013 purchase of a new embassy building in Washington, D.C.

Sri Lankans have a right to protest peacefully which was essential for democratic expression, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung said.

Dr. Victor Hettigoda, the chairman of “Siddhalepa Group” has passed away at the age of 84.

Developments in the recent protest in Mirihana are being monitored, says UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka, Hanaa Singer-Hamdy.

Sri Lanka’s president declared a state of emergency Friday giving sweeping powers to security forces a day after hundreds tried to storm his house in anger over an unprecedented economic crisis.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has issued a Gazette Extraordinary declaring a public emergency in Sri Lanka with effect from today (April 01).

Police curfew will be in effect in the Western Province from midnight today (April 01) until 6.00 AM tomorrow (April 02), the Police Spokesperson said.

General Secretary of SLFP Dayasiri Jayasekera states that the party has decided to request the President to immediately form a caretaker government with the participation of all political parties in parliament and to resolve the impending issues of fuel and power.

Anger against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s handling of a deepening economic crisis in the island nation of 22 million people spiralled into violence late on Thursday, as hundreds of protesters clashed with police for several hours.

The commotion near the President’ residence last night is not a racial or a terrorist incident, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today (April 01).

11 political parties representing the government call for the resignation of the entire administration including the Cabinet of Ministers and for an interim government to be established with immediate effect.

Protestors hurled stones at the residence of Moratuwa Mayor Samanlal Fernando a short while ago.