National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa told Parliament yesterday (April 19)  that the government had lost its moral right to govern the country.

Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said the 19th Amendment to the Constitution should be implemented with essential and timely amendments to establish socio economic and political stability to address the issues of the people.

The United Nations Resident coordinator for Sri Lanka, Hanaa-Singer Hamdy states that she was deeply concerned by reports of harm to protestors in Rambukkana.

The United States has condemned all forms of violence against protesters.

Sri Lanka police shot dead a protester and wounded 24 others on Tuesday in the first fatal clash with residents demonstrating against the government over a crippling economic crisis.

The Police have fired tear gas to disperse protestors who are blocking the Rambukkana Railway Crossing for over 15 hours.

The price of a loaf of 450g bread will be increased by Rs. 30.00 with effect from midnight today (April 19), the Bakery Owners’ Association says.

Bus fares will be increased in Sri Lanka by 35 percent from tonight (April 19).

Prima has decided to increase the price of a kilogram of Wheat Flour by Rs. 40/- with effect from today (April 19).

Several protests are taking place against the fuel price hike and the shortage of fuel across many areas in Sri Lanka today (April 19).

Sri Lanka is barreling toward a “series of defaults” as it stops paying its foreign debts, Moody’s Investors Service warned in a downgrade of the country’s credit rating.

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Finance Ali Sabry has met with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva at IMF Headquarters in Washington DC.

Doctors across Sri Lanka say hospitals are running out of medicines and essential supplies as the country’s economic crisis worsens. They fear a health catastrophe if international help doesn’t arrive soon.

Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, General Shavendra Silva, yesterday (April 18) said that the Army had never meant to harm civilians enjoying their constitutional right to peacefully protest and it neither ‘hatches secret plots,’ as alleged by some social media posts.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has decided to increase fuel prices with effect from midnight on Monday (April 18).

Pakistan: An anti-terrorism court on Monday awarded death sentence to six and handed life imprisonment to nine as it announced its verdict in Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara’s lynching case.