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After the protesters were removed from the Presidential Secretariat, a Senior Superintendent of Police has been appointed to investigate the damage caused in there. Senior Superintendent of Police Roshan Dias has been appointed for that task. The Police Headquarters states...

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka condemns the brutal and despicable attack on the peaceful protesters at Gall Face vicinity by the military in the early morning hours of today (22). It adds that it is a total violation...

The opposition leader, Mr. Sajth Premadas, issued a tweet charging the attack on innocent lives at the 'Aragalaya' site is unwarrented and uncalled for because a peaceful evacuation was agreed upon by this morning. https://twitter.com/sajithpremadasa/status/1550309400983654401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1550309400983654401%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fsajithpremadasa2Fstatus2F1550309400983654401widget%3DTweet

The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka says that she is deeply concerned about the actions taken against the Galle face protesters. Ambassador Julie Chung urges the authorities to exercise restraint. And the ambassador adds, that steps should be taken immediately...

After security forces used force to get people out of the Gotagogama site, the Sri Lanka Bar Association also made a statement. It states that unnecessary use of force will not be good for this country or its international image....

The new cabinet will be sworn in before the president this morning. Sources close to the government state that President Ranil Wickramasinghe will most likely hold the position of Finance Minister in the new government. According to the sources, the...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has issued an extraordinary gazette announcement calling on the three armed forces to protect public order throughout the country.

Sirasa Media reported that the security forces have completely liberated the area of struggle. Aside from this, the place where the protest happened has been taken over by security forces. The Police Media Spokesman had mentioned that steps had been...

We pay close attention to the protest site reports. "We have clearly stated the importance of the right to peaceful protest," said Mrs. Sarah Hulton, British High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, in a tweet this morning (22). https://twitter.com/SarahHultonFCDO/status/1550264034632630277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1550264034632630277%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FSarahHultonFCDO2Fstatus2F1550264034632630277widget%3DTweet

NCPI-based headline inflation was 58.9 percent year on year.change in the National Consumer Price Index increased to 58.9%Food inflation (year on year) increased to 75.8 % Sri Lanka has recorded an unprecedented high rate of inflation for the month of...