Sri Lanka’s former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country in July after tens of thousands of protesters stormed his home and office in a display of anger over the country’s economic crisis, has returned to the country after seven weeks.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Friday urged all creditor nations to discuss Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring, after the crisis-hit South Asian nation reached a loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund.

The interim budget presented by President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Finance Minister was passed in Parliament with amendments by a majority of 115 votes today (September 02).

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court today (September 02) temporarily lifted the overseas travel ban imposed on former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa.

Domestic Liquefied Petroleum (LP) Gas prices will be reduced again from midnight on Monday (August 05), Chairman of Litro Gas, Muditha Peiris said.

A special gazette notification has been published amending the maximum retail price imposed on 43 medical devices.

The 47-year-old was shot dead by an unidentified gunman while he was returning home on a motorcycle with his wife after visiting a relative at Sathosmathagama in Middeniya on Thursday (September 01).

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that this is an important step in the history of Sri Lanka. “Not only rising from the bankruptcy crisis and the debt moratorium, it is also key to ensure that our social sectors are protected and both our economic and social aspect of our lifestyle will certainly not have any further setbacks.”

Parliamentarian Namal Rajapakasa said that he believes President Ranil Wickremesinghe should create a stable government with the 134 MPs who voted in favour of him and not those who opposed him.

The prices of each cigarette category has been increased with effect from today (September 01), cigarette companies said.

Two persons accused of assassinating Former Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle and 15 others in Weliweriya in 2008 were acquitted and released today (September 01).

A dead body of a woman has been found inside the main office of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) at Kalugalla Mawatha in Kegalle this morning (September 01).

International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Peter Breuer and Mr. Masahiro Nozaki visited Colombo from August 24 to September 1, 2022 to continue discussions on IMF support for Sri Lanka and the authorities’ comprehensive economic reform program.

The World Food Programme (WFP) says 6.3 million people or three in 10 Sri Lankans today are facing food insecurity.

A 28-year-old man was killed when he was shot while travelling on a motorcycle near Balapitiya Hospital in Ambalangoda tonight (August 31).