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Ali Sabry resigned on Tuesday, the day after being sworn in, amid unrest over handling of debt-heavy economy that’s led to food and fuel shortages.

President has named four ministers to maintain the legitimacy and stability of Parliament until a full Cabinet is appointed

By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana ‘Lord Naseby: UK dispatches have cleared Sri Lanka of five major accusations.’ This banner headline of the front-page lead story by Shamindra Ferdinando, in The Island of 31 March, would have eased, at least slightly, the pains of Sri Lankans undergoing hitherto unknown sufferings. Lord Naseby fell in love with Sri […]

The country is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in history with long lines for fuel, cooking gas, and long hours of power cuts

Through PTIA COLOMBO: Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena's Freedom Party has called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to form an all-party

Sri Lanka’s former president Maithripala Sirisena’s Freedom Party has called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to form an all-party government to tide over the worst economic crisis in the island nation and said that it may leave the alliance if its request was ignored. Sri Lanka is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in history. With long lines for fuel, cooking

We have entrusted the party leaders to make a decision as to whether the SLFP would leave the government if the government ignored our request to form an all-party government, Jayasekera said, , sri lanka, economic crisis

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Friday declared a state of emergency giving security forces sweeping powers a day after hundreds of people tried to storm his residence amid an unprecedented economic crisis.

Is going back to 19A sufficient? – Part II by Jayampathy Wickramaratne, President’s Counsel (First part of this article appeared yesterday) The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution (19A), though now abolished, is an important milestone in our constitutional history. With the experiences under the Twentieth Amendment, there is growing support for going back to 19A. […]

They were granted bail in August 2021.Jayasundera was in November last year indicted with 855 charges of criminal negligence for failing to act despite receiving prior intelligence warnings in the terror attacks.