Interim Cabinet News Today

hello, welcome to bbc news at downing street. borisjohnson resigns as the leader of the conservative party. in a statement outside downing street, he said he was proud of his achievements but it was now clearly the will of tory mps that he stand down. it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party, and therefore, a new prime minister. but as we have seen at westminster, the herd instinct is a powerful and when they hea...

President gives nod to Fawad Hasan Fawad’s appointment on advice of caretaker PM

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On the fifth anniversary of the fall of Egypt's president Mubarak, this is an account of the uprising, and the ebb and flow of the Egyptian revolution, by Wahid, an activist in Cairo.

NEW DELHI, AUG 8: The States Department is receiving numerous telegrams from rulers of Indian States intimating that the Instrument of Accession had been signed and that the documents were in transit to Delhi.

Of the tory 1922 committee to warn it is "unwise" for borisjohnson to remain in office while his successor is chosen and suggested either an interim prime minister or a streamlined election process would be "in the national interest". in the past few minutes, its been confirmed that deputy prime minister dominic raab will not run to be the conservative party leader. we still await to see who the runners and riders will be, but dominic raab will not be amongst them. shortly after 12.30pm this aft...

Direction Sri Lanka, consisting of Sri Lankan professionals, has declared that the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is a prerequisite for the resolution of the current political-economic-social crisis The grouping has made the following proposals: a) The President should resign forthwith in response to the demands of the People; b) […]

Civil society grouping, Direction Sri Lanka, largely consisting of professionals, says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa should step down now. Having publicly acknowledged his culpability for the ongoing crisis, the President couldn’t turn a blind eye to continuing demand for his resignation. Full text of its statement: “To date there has not been any significant progress on […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Sri Lanka would seek the services of an international law firm, on a long term basis, to assist it in its dealings with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Cabinet spokesman, Minister Ramesh Pathirana said on Tuesday (22) at the post-Cabinet press conference. The Minister said that discussions with the IMF on debt structuring would commence soon. He said that the […]

SLPP Colombo District lawmaker, Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, has called for the transferring of executive powers of the President to the Cabinet of Ministers by way of an urgent constitutional reform to make the President answerable to Parliament and the people. Former Justice Minister, Wijeyadasa who once served as the President of the Bar Association, […]