The State Department´s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) taking to its official Twitter handle has expressed deep concern with regard to the dissolution of Parliament in Sri Lanka.
The tweet said that the move to dissolve Parliament has further deepened the political crisis.
It also noted that democratic institutions should be respected to ensure stability and prosperity.
The US is deeply concerned by news the Sri Lanka Parliament will be dissolved, further deepening the political crisis. As a committed partner of #SriLanka, we believe democratic institutions and processes need to be respected to ensure stability and prosperity.
— State_SCA (@State_SCA) November 9, 2018
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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