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The new Cabinet Spokesman Vijitha Herath, who holds multiple ministries, said that he, along with the newly-appointed President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the prime minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya

Earlier this month, the Elections Commission said the presidential election would be conducted at a date between September 17 and October 16

The mass graves were discovered in the Matale district of central Sri Lanka in 2013

Sri Lanka's SC ordered the Auditor General to investigate reasons for economic crisis the country is going through in a case filed against former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his 2 brothers

Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka's acting president after parliament accepted the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled the country

Analysts say that economic mismanagement by successive governments has weakened Sri Lanka's public finances, leaving national expenditure in excess of income

The contraction likely marks the beginning of a painful and long recession for the country

Sri Lanka is facing the worst economic crisis since independence in 1948 which has led to an acute shortage of essential items like food, medicine, cooking gas and fuel across the island nation

PM Wickremesinghe also stressed on the need to change the structure of the parliament to strengthen it

This trend is expected to persist until the Sri Lanka's external situation stabilises, which may take time, S&P said in a statement

The Sri Lankan police have questioned former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and recorded a 3-hour-long statement over the violent clashes between his supporters and anti-government protesters

Sri Lanka is facing a dire shortage of foreign exchange, fuel and medicines, and economic activity has slowed to a crawl

Says he aims to save country, not a person or family; curfew till 5 am today

Sri Lanka's ruling SLPP party has decided to offer crucial support to new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has just one seat in Parliament, to help him prove a majority in the House.

Wickremesinghe, 73, was sworn-in as Sri Lanka's 26th prime minister on Thursday to stabilise the country's debt-ridden economy and end the political turmoil

Former Union Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said that Mahinda Rajapakse was facing serious charges of genocide against the Tamil population of the island nation during civil war in that country in 2009

Sri Lanka's main Opposition SJB leader Sajith Premadasa is unwilling to be the prime minister in the interim government under embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Mahinda Rajapaksa stepped down on Tuesday and his brother, the president, gave sweeping powers to the police for enforcing order.

Gen Shavendra Silva, while rejecting the statement, assured that the members of the armed forces would not resort to any such disgraceful acts under any circumstances

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