Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna MP Gevindu Kumaratunga requests all presidential hopefuls to immediately explain reasons behind their candidacies and to declare their individual vision and programme to rebuild the country.
Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed the security forces to investigate incidents where individuals are engaged in exerting undue pressure through social media, which would affect the election of the next President.
The United States does not impose sanctions against countries in the global south on the import of Russian oil, U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung said.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo collapsed on the street in the western city of Nara while making a speech for an election campaign.
A vendor waits for customers at a vegetable market place in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo | AP)
In what seemed to be a barb directed at Minister Dhammika Perera's recent remarks at a press briefing where he said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should step down from the finance portfolio, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Dr. Nalaka Godahewa said that one should focus on fulfilling his own commitments rather than trying to oust the Premier which should be left to politicians.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said Wednesday (06) he had spoken with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to seek credit help in order to import fuel.
Steps will be taken to legally grant land and house ownership to millions of people who do not have a deed to their own lands and homes, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said.
Image: Sri Lanka Govt deployed huge detachments of police as it start negotiations with IMF on 22 June 2022.
Sri Lanka has been added to a watchlist of countries that have seen a rapid decline in civic freedoms.
