Category: Local News

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).

Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa has wished the newly-appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Ranil Wickrmesinghe was sworn in as the 26th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka before the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (May 12).

The appointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka will not be accepted by the public as a solution to the country’s economic crises, said the JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

Ranil Wickremesinghe’s appointment to the post of Prime Minister cannot be accepted, said His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith today (May 12).

Sri Lanka’s Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa in a letter addressed to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had informed him that he is ready to be sworn in as Prime Minister and form an interim government.

The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court has issued a travel ban on former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, MP Namal Rajapaksa, MP Johnston Fernando and 14 others.

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe will take oaths as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka before the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at 6.30 PM today (May 12).

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Harin Fernando has decided to become an independent Member of Parliament.