President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will make a special televised address at 9.00 p.m. tonight (11).

Veteran trade union leader and left wing activist in Sri Lanka Linus Jayathilake, has passed away after a brief illness.

Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe warned that the country's deep economic woes could worsen further if a solution to end its current political crisis isn’t found “urgently.”

Sri Lanka's main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will not receive the support of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) to form an interim government under the leadership of the SJB, a senior member of the ruling coalition said.

Sri Lanka's Mahinda Rajapaksa -- who resigned as prime minister after his supporters attacked anti-government protesters and sparked a day of violence -- will not flee the country, his son told AFP on Tuesday.

The Black Cap Movement has called on the United Nations to directly intervene to protect basic human rights of Sri Lankans after scores of Rajapaksa loyalists launched attacks on peaceful protestors on Monday (09).

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has condemned the violent acts that are taking place in the country as hundreds of Rajapaksa loyalists attacked unarmed protesters camping outside the president's office at Galle Face.

The Trade Union Coordinating Center says that a continuous strike will be launched in all services in the country except health from 4.00 pm today (9).

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.