 | Mahinda Rajapaksa makes 1st appearance in Parliament since quitting as PMMahinda resigned as prime minister last week, hours after his supporters attacked anti-government protesters, prompting authorities to impose a nationwide curfew and deploy Army troops in the capital. |
 | Sri Lanka's ruling party wins deputy speaker's electionThe post of deputy speaker was left vacant after Ranjith Siyamabalapitiya resigned from the post twice in one month this year. |
 | Sri Lanka's ruling party decides to back PM Ranil WickremesingheIn the last election, Wickremesinghe's UNP managed to win just one parliamentary seat, leaving him its sole representative in Parliament. |
 | Endgame for Rajapaksa clan? Sri Lankan power family falls from grace as economy tanksWith soaring prices, fuel and food shortages and lengthy power cuts, Sri Lankans have been protesting for weeks, calling for both the Rajapaksas to step down. |
 | Case filed for arrest of former PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, six others in attack on peaceful protesters in Sri LankaThe personal complaint was lodged before the Colombo Magistrate's Court where attacks on peaceful protesters outside the prime minister's residence and near Galle Face were cited. |
 | Sri Lanka's new PM Wickremesinghe assumes duties, Opposition says his appointment has 'zero regard' for voice of peopleWickremesinghe had been sworn in as the prime minister of Sri Lanka on five occasions before. |
 | Sri Lanka ruling party MP's death during violence not a suicide, but brutal murder: PolicePresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered an investigation into the violent clashes that killed at least nine people, including Athukorala, while nearly 300 were injured. |
 | Sri Lanka: With Ranil as PM, Gota to face no-trust voteAny interim government Ranil forms will have stability issues as each minister would assume he is no less than the PM. |
 | Sri Lanka Crisis: Ex-PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, 16 others barred from travelling overseasThe Fort Magistrate's Court barred them from traveling overseas due to the investigations taking place on the attacks on the GotaGoGama and MynaGoGama peaceful protest sites on Monday. |
 | Lanka's former strongman Mahinda under protection at naval base as army marches on streets of ColomboMeanwhile, security forces in armoured vehicles patrolled across the country with orders to shoot at sight amid continuing protests at the government's handling of the worst economic crisis. |
 | 'Fake and blatantly false': India refutes 'reports' on sending troops to Sri Lanka as talks start to end political impasseIn its first reaction to the situation in Sri Lanka, India on Tuesday said that it is 'fully supportive' of the island nation's democracy, stability and economic recovery. |
 | Airport without planes, debt-laden seaport: China-backed projects testament to Sri Lanka's mismanagementThe centrepiece of the infrastructure drive was a deep seaport on the world's busiest east-west shipping lane, which was meant to spur industrial activity. Instead, it has haemorrhaged money. |
 | China says 'closely following' violence in Sri Lanka; asks citizens to be alertBeijing, while watching warily the fast unfolding of events in Sri Lanka, has not yet commented on the resignation of prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. |
 | Sri Lanka Opposition fears military intervention as Speaker asks President to reconvene Parliament this weekThe anti-government protesters, who have been conducting peaceful demonstrations since March-end, were set upon by a group of pro-Rajapaksa gangs - mostly the grassroot political leadership. |
| Indian High Commission rejects local social media reports of Mahinda Rajapaksa and family fleeing to IndiaThe whereabouts of Mahinda Rajapaksa is being speculated since his resignation on Monday. It was reported that Mahinda left his office-cum-official residence, Temple Trees, early this morning. |
