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LocalTags: Print EditionPrime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe taking oaths as Acting President before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, PC at the Walukaramaya temple in Colombo yesterday.Secretary to the President Gamini Senarath was…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Human Rights Council of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) yesterday expected all sections who have been agitating so far to fall in line with the Constitutional process and maintain law and order for a peaceful transition…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) is still in contact with officials at technical levels within the Sri Lankan Government and hopes to be able to resume discussions with higher-level officials, an IMF…

LocalTags: Print EditionSri Lanka is continuing negotiations with China for as much as US$4 billion in aid and is confident Beijing will agree “at some point,” Bloomberg News reported yesterday (Friday), citing Sri Lanka’s Ambassador…

LocalTags: Print EditionAfter hectic protests were held in Colombo city for the past few days demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the City became relatively calm yesterday.…

LocalGayan Kumara Weerasinghe and Bimal JayasingheTags: Print EditionFour persons were injured following a clash between two groups of youths at the Galle Face yesterday morning and the injured were admitted to the National Hospital.…

LocalProtests were held in Male demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to leave the Maldives yesterday.Tags: Print EditionSri Lankans in Maldives have held a peaceful protest against the arrival of the country’s President Gotabaya…

LocalTags: Print EditionA youth who had participated in the protest opposite the Prime Minister’s Office died following a sudden illness. This person in question had been exposed to tear gas opposite the Prime Minister’s Office.…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionPanadura SSP Samantha Wedage yesterday said that further investigations into the incident where SLPP MP Lalith Warnakumara had fired shots towards a house near Dombagoda army camp in the…

LocalTags: Print EditionPeople from many parts of the country flocked to see the President’s House in Colombo yesterday as well. Large crowds have been coming to Colombo to see the President’s House since protesters forcibly occupied…