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I came to serve the people and not any politician, newly appointed Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said at his first media briefing held at the Central Bank Head Office in Colombo after assuming duties last Friday.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa says that though all the parties represented in Parliament were urged to come forward to help resolve the current economic crisis in the country, no one has come forward.

Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne today (April 11) refuted reports of an alleged National Security Council (NSC) meeting that was convened over the unrest in Mirihana.

Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to address the nation today at 7:30 PM (April 11), his office said.

A person who was waiting in line to get diesel at a filling station in the Hiniduma – Thawalama area in Galle has died this morning (April 11).

The Sri Lankan rupee has depreciated to the lowest value against the US dollar in history today (April 11).

JVP women’s wing, Women for Rights, yesterday (April 10) said that if the government continued to cling on to power its leaders should be ready to face the fate suffered by despot rulers such as Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines and Muammar Gaddafi of Libya.

Former Auditor General Gamini Wijesinghe says before sending the present group of Parliamentarians home, it is imperative to amend the country’s Constitution.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa met with the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party former President Maithripala Sirisena, at the official residence of the former President today (April 10).

Another 21 refugees from Sri Lanka have landed in Tamil Nadu’s Rameswaram during the early hours of today (April 10).

Two men aged 47 and 51 who were standing in queues to get fuel in Dankotuwa and Wennappuwa have died, police said.

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has invited the 41 parliamentarians who recently quit the government for a discussion at 07:00 PM today (April 10) on their proposals for an interim government, former President and Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Maithripala Sirisena said.

Thousands of Sri Lankans rallied in the country’s main business district and Christian clergy marched in the capital to observe a day of protest on Saturday calling on the debt-ridden country’s president to resign, as anxiety and anger over shortages simmered.

Sri Lanka will need about $3 billion in external assistance in the next six months to help restore supplies of essential items including fuel and medicine, its finance minister told Reuters on Saturday.

A massive protest is currently underway with the participation of a large number of people at Galle Face, Colombo, demanding the government’s resignation.