The main opposition Samagi jana Balawegaya(SJB) Party had today (22) handed over a letter to the United Nations office in Colombo opposing the attack on peaceful protesters by the military ,
Members of the SJB Party MP's Nalin Bandara ,Mujibur Rahaman and Harshana Rajakasruna had handed over the letter to the UN officials .SJB had requested the UN officials to pay the attention on the attack carried out against the peaceful protesters in Galle face early this morning and do the needful against it ,
Nine persons arrested during the raid carried out by Police and Army at the Galle face protest site early this morning ,Had been released on bail by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court later this evening (22).
A Lawyer was also there among those bailed out by the court . .Police and Army had arrested nine persons at the Protest site over the charges of being members of an illegal gathering in front of the President's office .
Nearly 1000 Army and Police personnel had stormed into the Protesters who remained in front of the Presidential Secretariat at Galle face area in Colombo around 1.30 a.m this morning and attacked and chased out the protesters from the area .This incident occurred at a time protesters had promised the authorities that they will withdraw from the Presidential secretariat by this evening as a temporary measure..
Due to this unexpected attack occurred in Galle face protest site t ,14 protesters were injured and admitted to the Colombo National Hospital .,The Police and Army personal entered the protest site this morning and removed the protesters and captured the Presidential secretariat hours before the swearing in ceremony of 18 Cabinet Ministers and new Prime Minister before the newly elected President Ranil Wikramasinghe .Military had also removed the temporary huts erected at the protest site by protesters ,
Lawyers and Human rights activists had condemned this attack on Protesters and members of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission had recorded statements from the protesters this evening regarding the attack .Meanwhile after the attack protesters are now being gathered near the Bandaranayake Statue in Galle face area. ..
President Ranil Wikramaisnghe had imposed a state of emergency last week after being elected as the Acting President of Sri Lanka which gives military more powers to arrest and shoot anyone who will become a threat to the public security ,
Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters Union has decided not to implement the Price increase of Train fares scheduled to be implemented from midnight tomorrow (22) .
The Station Masters Union had informed on this to the General Manager of Sri Lanka Railways Department .There's no sufficient time to make train passengers aware on the new price revision of train fares and if the new price revision has implemented now both Train passengers and the Station Masters will face enormous difficulties The union had stressed ,
Leader of The House Dinesh Gunawardane is scheduled to be sworn in as the New Prime Minister of Sri Lanka tomorrow morning (22) before President Ranil Wikramasinghe until the formation of an All Party government ,President's Media division has announced this evening (21).The Prime Minister's post has become vacant after the former Premier Ranil Wikramasinghe has been appointed as the President of Sri Lanka.
After swearing in of the new Prime Minister , Current Cabinet of Ministers appointed by ex president Gotabhaya Rajapakshe are scheduled to be sworn in before the President Ranil Wikramasinghe .
Ranil Wikramasinghe was sworn in as 08th Executive President of Sri Lanka this morning before the Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya at the Parliament Complex building in Colombo .
He has now become the first Executive President in Sri Lanka who has been elected as the president whilst the Political party he represents has only a single seat in Parliament .President Ranil Wikramasinghe who held Prime Minister's post six times previously was defeated at the Parliamentary Election held in 2020 ..His Party the United National Party (UNP) had only managed to secure a National List MP Post in that election and the new president had entered parliament through the National list slot received by his party .
Meanwhile Galle Face protest continues today (21) for the 104th day .
