(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).
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said that a ballot is currently in progress in the parliament to vote in a new Deputy Speaker.
Thousands in Sri Lanka take part in protests calling for president’s resignation
A group of youth who were protesting near the Parliament premises was taken into police custody today (04).
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) says that an Interim National Government consisting of 15 Ministers representing all political Parties should be formed as an urgent step to save the country from the current economic crisis.
The Indian Government donated a large consignment of drugs and other medical supplies to Sri Lanka as the crisis-hit country's healthcare system teeters on the edge of collapse amid shortages of essential life saving medications.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has consented to form an Interim Government with a Cabinet of Ministers led by a new Prime Minister, former President and Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Maithripala Sirisena said.
