Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa will accept the Prime Minister's position only if President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns, Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Lakshman Kiriella said today.
Mr Kiriella told a news conference that further discussions on the issue was currently underway.
His remarks came as Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena is set to have consultations with party leaders today evening.
Initially the meeting where the party leaders were due to meet the Speaker in Parliament for today was called off on grounds that the MPs lack security, but thereafter the Speaker's office said that the meeting will be held via Zoom.
Meanwhile the countrywide curfew extended until tomorrow 7.00 a.m. continues with the armed forces enforcing the curfew.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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