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Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe left the country early this morning (September 26) on an official visit to Japan and the Philippines.

While claiming that the international community must rise above the narrow national agenda, India said that, for its part, is taking exceptional measures at exceptional times to help its neighbours including Sri Lanka.

Claiming that a recent report indicated that at least 32 Sri Lankan citizens go abroad every hour, Chairman of the National Movement for a Just Society Karu Jayasuriya said it was a sign of a country’s rapid decline.

Sri Lanka’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ali Sabry said that confronted with overlapping challenges, developing countries and their economies are at extreme risk with Governments facing debt-default and financial collapse due to a lack of access to adequate capital, while people face rising poverty, unemployment, hunger and education disruption.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to leave for Japan tonight (September 25) for a three-day official visit.

Aeroflot plans to resume flights from Moscow to Colombo, Sri Lanka, beginning on October 9, the Russian flagship carrier said in a statement.

The police have fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse a group of protesters at the Dean’s Road, Maradana this evening (September 24).

Expressing its views regarding the order issued by the President Ranil Wickremesinghe declaring High Security Zones in Colombo district, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) announced that it would take appropriate legal action to safeguard the people’s Fundamental Rights.

The Sri Lankan government has said that cooperation from the island nation’s creditors would be key to gaining a much-needed bailout from the IMF for the bankrupt country.

Sri Lanka expects the International Monetary Fund board to approve a $2.9 billion loan by year-end, officials from the country’s central bank told investors during a virtual presentation on Friday, sources participating in the event said.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has expressed his gratitude to the Venerable Maha Sangha for their contribution on conserving electricity at religious shrines and the precedent it sets for society.

A 29-year-old man had died and another one injured when they were shot at while travelling in a three wheeler on the Uragaha Road at Bogahapitiya in Ahungalla last night (September 23).

An Extraordinary Gazette notification has been issued today (September 23) declaring several areas in Colombo as high security zones by President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

United States Permanent Representative to the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome Ambassador Cindy McCain will visit Sri Lanka from September 25-28 to highlight U.S. food assistance programs in Sri Lanka and reinforce the U.S. commitment and lasting partnership with the island nation.

Japan, one of Sri Lanka’s main creditors, will back the South Asian nation as it seeks to restructure about $30 billion of its foreign debt and find a way out of a crippling economic crisis, Tokyo’s envoy to the country said on Friday.

Lanka Sathosa has decided to drop the prices of five essential items with effect from the 22nd of September 2022.