Category: Local News

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.

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.