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Official authorities reported that nearly 1,000 special items, including items of antique value plus files with important documents, computers, laptops and rare books have gone missing from places including the Presidential Palace and Temple Trees, which were taken over by the protesters.

The government expenditure surpassed Government revenue by 83.0 percent resulting in a budget deficit of Rs. 524.1 billion which is 0.7 percent higher than the Rs.520.5 billion budget deficit in the same period of 2021

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) says Sri Lanka’s growth is forecast to contract by 7.6% in 2022 and economic activity will remain subdued in 2023.

Sri Lanka is seeking US$ 5 billion emergency loan facility from China during the past several months but to no avail up to now although Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged support the country’s new President Ranil Wickremasighe,foreign affairs analysts claimed.

The new Sri Lankan President must immediately stop the shameful, brutal assault on peaceful protestors, Amnesty International said today after the military carried out a pre-dawn attack on the peaceful protest site outside the Presidential Secretariat, ‘GotaGoGama’, hours before the protestors were due to vacate the area in Colombo.