U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung said she met with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to express her grave concern over the unnecessary and deeply troubling escalation of violence against protesters overnight.

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered Sri Lanka’s new president his support on Friday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, as the Indian Ocean island grapples with its worst economic crisis in decades.

Nine protesters including Attorney-at-law Nuwan Bopage arrested at the Galle Face were granted bail after being produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court.

Two deaths were reported in fuel queues in Sri Lanka today (July 22) from Kinniya and Mathugama areas.

The new Cabinet of Ministers of the interim government took oaths before Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the Prime Minister’s Office this afternoon (July 22).

General Kamal Gunaratne has been reappointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence by President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Member of Parliament Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in front of the President Ranil Wickremesinghe this morning (July 22).

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) strongly and unreservedly condemned the use of force and violence last night by the authorities in attacking protestors at Galle Face in the vicinity of the Presidential Secretariat.

U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung says she is deeply concerned about actions taken against protestors at Galle Face in Colombo, Sri Lanka in the middle of the night.

A tense situation is reported at the Galle Face protest site near the Presidential Secretariat as Sri Lanka Police and troops move in and remove protesters from the area during the early hours of today (July 22).

Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) increased to 58.9% in June 2022 from 45.3% in May 2022, according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces arrived at the Defence Ministry situated at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte this morning (July 21).

China’s debt trap diplomacy is believed to have become a major cause of Sri Lanka’s unprecedented economic crisis as it failed to take better steps to restructure its debts in dialogue with the IMF.

The Sri Lanka Railway Department has increased its ticket fares from midnight tomorrow (July 22), said Dhammika Jayasundara, the General Manager of Sri Lanka Railways.

Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as 08th Executive President of Sri Lanka before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya at the Parliament complex a short while ago.