Seven persons including YouTuber Rathindu Senarathna alias ‘Ratta’ and National Organiser of ‘Youth for Change’ Lahiru Weerasekara have surrendered to the Maradana police this morning (June 22), police said.

The members of Samagi Vanitha Balawegaya Led by former MP Hirunika Premachandra today (June 22) staged a protest against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in front of the Prime Minister’s private residence on 5th Lane, Flower Road, Colombo.

Sri Lanka was sued in the US by a bondholder after the South Asian nation defaulted on its debt for the first time in history while struggling to stop an economic meltdown.

Businessman Dhammika Perera was sworn in as an Member of Parliament before Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana today (June 22).

Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has stated that there is no plan to remove Nandalal Weerasinghe from the post of Governor of the Central Bank.

More than 30 asset managers holding Sri Lanka’s international bonds announced on Tuesday the formal launch of a creditor group to start debt restructuring talks with the island nation, according to a statement from legal adviser White & Case LLC.

The overall rate of inflation as measured by the National Consumer Price Index on Year-on-Year basis is 45.3% in May 2022, according to Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and Statistics.

A 42-year-old man was shot and killed at the Manning Market in Peliyagoda this afternoon (June 21).

The U.S. government has today (June 21) announced new funding totalling $5.75 million to address the immediate needs of people hit by the economic crisis in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal rejected a writ application filed by Parliamentarian Johnston Fernando today (June 21), who was seeking an order to prevent his arrest.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and the National People’s Power (NPP) have announced that they will boycott Parliament sessions for a week.

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has directed its determination on the bill titled the 21st Amendment to the Constitution to the Speaker of Parliament.

Sri Lanka has decided to amend the Minimum Age for Migrant Domestic Workers to 21 years.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has issued an Extraordinary Gazette Notification declaring the supply of electricity, the supply and distribution of petroleum products and fuel and hospital services essential services with effect from the 20th of June 2022.

Discussions between a 10-member International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff level delegation and the Sri Lankan delegation led by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe commenced at the Prime Minister’s Office yesterday (June 20).