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Sri Lanka would not have been affected by the current global economic crisis if the country did not get into a debt trap like the one it has got into, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has not made any statement to establish or corroborate the allegations of a plot to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera said.

Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad praised Sri Lanka’s steady progress and assured continued cooperation.

Sri Lanka’s vulnerability to risks arising from climate change could cost the island country 7.0 percent of GDP, a World Bank official, quoted by the government information department, said on Wednesday.

The prices of Litro and Laugfs gas have been increased from midnight today.

President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday called on the international community ‘to allow Sri Lankan people to solve their problems on their own,’ and said: “as an independent country we do not want any foreign power to exert influence on us.”

The depreciation of the rupee is the subject on everyone’s mind these days. The Joint Opposition yesterday (25) commented on the statement made by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on the depreciation of the rupee.

An Indian national with alleged links to a plot to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa had said there had been a conspiracy to kill the entire Rajapaksa family and President Maithripala Sirisena, the CID informed Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne, yesterday.

The Millennium Challenges Corporation (MCC) of the US Government will provide US dollars 480 million in development aid to Sri Lanka.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has issued a press release on recent depreciation of Sri Lankan Rupee against the US dollar.

Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to record a statement.

Four people of the same family have been hit by a car on the Potuvil-Akkaraipattu road, stated the police.

President Maithripala Sirisena called upon the world leaders to emulate Nelson Mandela, who showed the correct path by his humanitarian qualities and the love for the people.

The appreciation of the US Dollar has adversely affected both the country’s economy and the home economy and the government has already initiated necessary action to face this crisis successfully, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said.