While expressing that the government has lost faith internationally, former minister Wimal Weerawansa said today that the whole government, including Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa should resign and allow an interim government to be formed with the

Former Sri Lankan cricket legend Roshan Mahanama today urged people to keep the pressure and show their disappointment in a very peaceful manner without harming themselves and damaging any property of the country.

Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, who is to be appointed as the next Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, has arrived in the country from Australia this evening.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Sri Lanka is experiencing an incredibly tumultuous period as island-wide protests continue amid an economic crisis.

A father, mother and their daughter were killed in a head-on collision between a three-wheeler and a lorry on the Thanamalwila-Udawalawe Road today.

An Indian national pretending to be a journalist for a human rights organization in Sri Lanka had been arrested with drugs worth over Rs.11 million today.

Colombo Chief Magistrate’s court today issued an order preventing former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal from leaving the country until 18 April.

The government has declared April 11 and 12 as a special public holiday in view of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, the Public Administration Ministry said.

SJB MP Harin Fernando has informed the Secretary-General of Parliament that he would renounce his parliamentary salary for the upcoming year.

The United States in its latest travel advisory on Wednesday has cautioned its citizens from travelling to Sri Lanka amid the ongoing economic crisis and unrest in the country.

The National People’s Power (NPP) MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today that they were not prepared to accept any proposal such as an interim government unless President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns from being the President.

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today alleged that he was called before the Presidential Commission probing malpractices of the previous government amidst the crisis which the country is facing.

The Surcharge Tax Bill was passed with amendments in Parliament this morning.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in Parliament this morning to attend the sitting of the House.

The first case of XE, a more transmissible Covid-19 variant, was detected in Mumbai on Wednesday, officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

Following the resignation of Ali Sabry as the Finance Minister in less than 24 hours, the position still remains vacant with many MPs hesitant to take it up amidst the economic mess Sri Lanka has been plunged into and the rising public anger against

Ships freighting fuel such as diesel and petrol supplied under Indian credit line, berthed into Sri Lankan ports during the last 24 hours, the High Commission of India in Colombo said.

Refuting allegation that he instigated the violent protesters, National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today he never instigated violence against any individual but told the protesting youth not to give up their fight aga

Following public protest against minister Johnston Fernando in Kurunegala, Kurunegala Mayor held a meeting in support of the Minister and challenged that they would not allow anyone to even touch Johnston’s hair.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a high-powered team of senior economic and fiscal experts as Members of the Presidential Advisory Group on Multilateral Engagement and Debt Sustainability, the President’s Media Division said.

With the prevailing shortage of diesel in the country, a total of twelve bowsers with 79,200 liters of diesel were sent to CEYPETCO affiliated refilling station at Ambatale town yesterday, was not sold to CEYPETCO customers, the Bowsers’ Associatio

Even thought the third term of all government and government-assisted private Sinhala and Tamil schools for the year 2021 would end on Friday (8), the Education Ministry has announced the closure of the said schools from today (6).

SJB Parliamentarian Harin Fernando today said that if no one was willing to lead the country, Harsha De Silva could be made a caretaker President for 6 months and the country could be handed over to him.

The government should not underestimate the public anger and must take immediate steps to resign immediately while forming a caretaker administration to restore the country’s crisis and bring it under control, Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya, Ven.Prof. At

A Red alert on thundershowers accompanied by severe lightning has been issued for 19 districts, the Department of Meteorology said today.

The law fraternity has decided to bring in an impeachment motion against the Attorney General through some members of Parliament, MP Wijedasa Rajapaksha said today.

A video showing how popular senior lecturer Upul Shantha Sannasgala organized a public protest against the government has gone viral on social media.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has refused to accept the resignation letter submitted by parliament deputy speaker Ranjith Siyambalapitiya to resign from that post he had held and requested him to continue, the Presidential media division said.

Slamming privatisation of public sector units, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday stated that the decisions of the Indian government is likely to take the country into a ’Sri Lanka like situation’.

Police officers who were at Poluwa junction near the parliamentary complex should not have assaulted the army officers who approached the area by motor cycles on Tuesday, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka told Parliament today.