Category: Local News

The Inspector General of Police C.D. Wickramaratne is expected to appear before the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka over the assault on journalists during the protest in Mirihana last Thursday (March 31).

Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, General Shavendra Silva, yesterday (April 04) briefed Defence Advisers/Attaches of Sri Lanka-based High Commissions and Embassies, after inviting them to the Office of Chief of Defence Staff, in Colombo.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has decided to quit as a government coalition and will sit independently in Parliament.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dropped his brother as finance minister on Monday after disbanding the government and calling for a unity administration, as protests over the country’s economic crisis focused on the role of the ruling family.

Several public protests are being carried out in most parts of Sri Lanka against the government and the current economic crisis.

Several new Cabinet Ministers have been sworn in before the President this morning (April 04) as a temporary Cabinet, according to the Leader of the House Dinesh Gunawardena.

Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal had tendered his resignation to the Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (April 04).

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa invites all political parties representing Parliament to accept ministerial posts and join in finding solutions to the national crisis.

Sri Lanka’s president was set to appoint a new cabinet Monday as security forces braced for possible violence with more protests expected against worsening shortages of food, fuel and medicines.

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has questioned the declaration of a countrywide State of Emergency in response to a planned protest campaign yesterday (03) against the failure on the part of the government to address the continuing shortage of essential items, including food, medicine and fuel.

The state of emergency that was declared and the curfew imposed was not to protect the people but to protect political leaders, MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake said.

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet Minister of Youth and Sports Namal Rajapaksa has resigned from all his ministerial portfolios.

People protesting in Sri Lanka against the government’s handling of the worst economic crisis in decades have defied a curfew in several cities.

Former Sri Lankan Minister Wimal Weerawansa has called for an all-party Interim Government to be appointed to address the crises that plagued the country.

A 53-year-old male has committed suicide in front of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s house in Mirihana a short while ago, police said.

The Sri Lankan Cabinet of Ministers have decided to resign and have submitted their letters of resignation to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.