The brutal attack on peaceful protesters must be condemned and the leaders who instigated their followers to carry out acts of violence must accept responsibility, former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa tendered his letter of resignation to the Presidential Secretariat a short while ago, a spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office said.

Government supporters have attacked protesters camped outside the office of Sri Lanka’s prime minister, as trade unions begin a “Week of Protests” demanding the government change and its president step down over the country’s worst economic crisis in memory.

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today said that he will stop extending support to the government to resolve the crisis if protesters at Galle Face are attacked under the pretext of a 'state of emergency'.

Protestors in the Vanni - Sri Lanka's longest-running protest - have suggested to protestors in the south, that they can work together to end the country's economic crisis, through recognizing Tamil sovereignty by the Sinhalese people.

A complaint has been lodged in the Parliament of Sri Lanka regarding two journalists in the Eastern Province, who had to go into hiding due to the fear of threats made by a ruling party parliamentarian.

(AFP) - Sri Lanka's bus and train networks ground to a halt while offices and factories were empty Friday in a nationwide strike demanding the government's resignation over the island's worsening economic crisis.

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today (6) rejected the accusations levelled against him by Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam.

The group of 39 independent MPs in parliament, also known as the dissidents’ group, has called on Opposition and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Leader, Sajith Premadasa to inform to the group the party’s alternative plan in the event the no confidence motion (NCM) presented by the SJB against the government is passed in parliament with the support of the dissidents’ group.

Kegalle District MP Ranjith Siyambalapitiya was re-elected as Deputy Speaker in a secret ballot held in Parliament today (05).