Warning of food shortage in the country, Ranil Wickremesinghe tweeted on Thursday that while the ministry of Agriculture would take the lead, all MPs should unite to implement a programme to increase the cultivation of necessary crops and address the impending food shortage with appropriate mechanisms.
Debt-ridden Sri Lanka appointed nine new Cabinet ministers on Friday in an effort to ensure stability until a full Cabinet is formed in the island nation engulfed in the worst economic crisis since its independence.
As anti-government protests continued throughout Sri Lanka demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation, a group of 42 MPs has sought the resignation of his elder brother and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. In a meeting with President Rajapaksa today, they handed over a proposal 
The meeting between President Gottabaya Rajapaksa and former President Maithripala Srisena-led Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to discuss the political and economic crisis affecting the country ended without any conclusion on Sunday.