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Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena is expected to meet with leaders of all Parties shortly. The meeting is expected to commence at 5.00 PM.

Protesters breach the prime minister's compound and enter state TV headquarters.(Curtesy CNN)

Colombo (AFP) – Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's rule is drawing to a close with him a fugitive and his island's economy in ruins. Rajapaksa, one of a clan of four brothers who have dominated the country's politics in recent years,...

Rupavahini and the ITN reportedly has gone off the air as protester's have invaded the two stations. The state-owned Independent Television Network (ITN) went off the air a short time ago after a group of protestors attempted to breach the...

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as Acting President in his absence, according to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.

Lawyers have taken to social media to state unequivocally that Ranil Wickremesinghe is not the acting president. "The declaration of emergency is illegal," tweeted lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah. He went on to say that under Article 40(c) of the Constitution, the Prime Minister only becomes acting President when the President's office becomes vacant. "That hasn't happened; any arrest is a FR violation," he explained. Meanwhile, Suren Fernando, a lawyer, stated that the PM could only become acting President if the current President made such an appointment or if the current President resigned.

Expat Sri Lankan citizen protest demanding for deporting of ousted Sri Lankan President from the Country news reaching indicates. Maldivian officials indicated that Mr. Gotabaya Rajapakse entered the country as a visitor and would leave to another destination today itself....

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency in the country and called for the imposition of curfew in the Western Province, it is learnt. The Prime Minister’s Media Division said that instructions have been issued to arrest...

The Russian Foreign Ministry recognises that the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka is an internal matter. According to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, "we believe the situation that is developing in Sri Lanka is their internal affair, and as a friendly nation to us, we trust their political matters would take more acceptable shape according to the constitution and progressive laws and enactments of the nation."  We also believe that the situation will return to normalcy soon.  She went on to say that Sri Lankan authorities must take steps to get out of their current economic crisis.