Category: Local News

Oshadha Senanayake has resigned as Chairman of Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) this morning (April 03).

Police say officers arrested 664 individuals within the Western Province in an operation conducted from 10:00 PM yesterday (April 02) to 6:00 AM today (April 03) for violating curfew imposed island-wide.

Access to all social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube and Messaging applications WhatsApp, Messenger, and Telegram have been blocked in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has issued an Extraordinary Gazette prohibiting anyone from being on any public road, railway, public park, public recreation ground or other public ground or seashore in such areas with effect from 6.00 pm on April 02 to 6.00 am of April 04.

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.