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Commencing tomorrow trade union federation declared an island wide work stoppage and harthal. Aim of this action is to defeat Ranil Wickrasinghe's efforts to cling to power.

Foreign media reports confirm that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has arrived in Singapore. Rajapaksa departed the Maldives earlier today on a Saudi Airlines flight bound for Singapore. Accordingly, the Boeing 787 Saudi Aircraft with flight number SV788 has landed.

President Gotabaya Rajapakse did not resign yesterday as promised .The appointment of a new president has been delayed further as a result of this. The parliamentary committee had previously decided that upon receipt of the resignation letter, one (1) nomination...

Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena says if President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation is not received, it will be assumed that he has resigned. That would be followed by appropriate action . He made this statement at a media briefing where...

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (14) departed the Maldives on a Saudi Airlines flight bound for Singapore. The Boeing 787 Saudi Aircraft with flight number SV788 is expected to arrive in Singapore at 7.12 PM local time.

Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Minister Basil Rajapaksa, and former Finance Secretary S.R. Attygalle have promised to stay in Sri Lanka until tomorrow.

António Guterres UN General secretary notes that he is keeping a close watch on Sri Lanka and observe developments. This morning (14), he tweeted about it. " I've been keeping a close eye on the situation in Sri Lanka." Addressing...

The government independent group of MPs collectively called for the immediate resignation of the Prime Minister and paved the way through the speaker of the parliament to form an all-party government.  Issuing a communique they request, as agreed upon on...

Sir Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat Leader, stated in the House of Commons today (13) that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his "cronies" should be arrested internationally. "The horrible situation in Sri Lanka has been brought about by the Rajapaksa government's...

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.