Category: Local News

President Maithripala Sirisena utters stories, not even a child would believe, to cover up his faults such as the appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Prime Minister, UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

Former Minister Arjuna Ranatunga has been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division of Police over the incident that transpired at the CPC Head office in Dematagoda yesterday (October 28).

Leader of the Mahashon Balakaya, Amith Weerasinghe and nine others who were remanded over the Digana unrest were granted bail by the Kandy High Court today.

MPs Mahinda Samarasinghe and Keheliya Rambukwella have been appointed as the government spokespersons, Acting Director General of Government Information, Nalaka Kaluwewa announced this morning.

Mahinda Rajapaksa assumed duties as the 22nd Prime Minster of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka a short while ago at the Prime Minister’s Office.

A number of CPC trade unions have launched a protest following the death of one of its employees last night.

In order to cement his hold on power, Sri Lanka’s newly-appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has called for a snap parliamentary election in his first public statement following the political developments.

India on Sunday reminded Sri Lanka of constitutional process, in an official statement following the ongoing political crisis that erupted after President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. India’s response came as both the leaders began an outreach to the global diplomatic community.

Addressing the nation a short while ago, President Maithripala Sirisena said that appointing Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Prime Minister was totally  in accordance with the Constitution.

A person who was admitted to the National Hospital in Colombo following the shooting at the CPC premises this evening has succumbed due to injuries, police said.

UNP Badulla district MP Vadivel Suresh met Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and pledged his support in the Parliament a short while ago, according to Prime Minister’s Media.

The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a grant and loan package totaling $50 million to support the development of a more responsive and efficient primary health care system in four underserved Sri Lankan provinces.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision on October 26, 2018, to appoint former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister has raised fears about a return to past abusive practices in the country, Human Rights Watch said today.

Political opponents of Sri Lanka’s sacked leader Ranil Wickremesinghe have given him a Sunday deadline to vacate the prime minister’s official residence amid a deepening constitutional crisis in the Indian Ocean nation.

President Maithripala Sirisena is expected to address the nation tomorrow while the new Cabinet of Ministers would be appointed on Monday, UPFA MP Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena today said.

Ambassador of China in Sri Lanka, Cheng Xueyuan, today called on newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.