Restaurants all over Sri Lanka have been forced to close down as a result of a gas shortage, leaving as many as 500,000 employees without a job.

Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers approved a proposal to issue death or missing person certificates to disappeared persons and pay a 100,000 LKR one time allowance to their next of kin.

Foreign Secretary of Sri Lanka Admiral Jayanath Colombage denied that the genocide of Tamils took place in a press conference on Tuesday. 

Speaking to journalists at the Presidential Media Centre in Colombo, Colombage said; 

As Sri Lanka’s economic crisis continues to worsen, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced that he would work with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), after numerous statements rejecting a potential bailout.

Sri Lanka will enforce another 3 hour 15-minute power outage across parts of the island as the fuel crisis deepens. 

Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Secretary to the Ministry left for India on Tuesday to seek a USD $1 billion credit facility from India, to import food, essential items and medicine.

State Minister of Regional Co-operation Tharaka Balasuriya, has said that a prolonged war in Ukraine will have an 'astronomical' on Sri Lanka. 

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka announced that it would allow 'greater flexibility in the exchange rate', allowing the Sri Lankan rupee to be exchanged at 230 per dollar, from its previous fixed rate of 201, effectively weakening the currency. 

Thousands of opposition protesters broke out in Colombo, with demonstrators attempting to storm the President’s Secretariat office, as the country’s economy continues to plummet.

A senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official is set to visit Sri Lanka on Monday and Tuesday to brief President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the country continues to struggle with its economic crisis and refuses to request a bailout from the IMF.

Sahithya Rajith's performance on the Veena

The Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) marked International Women's Day by hosting a virtual event discussing "gender equality and breaking the bias for a successful tomorrow" and showcasing several talented Canadian Tamil women. 

The Sunday Times LK has accused India of “diplomatic blackmail”, following India’s statement at the UN Human Rights Council that Sri Lanka must meet “the legitimate aspirations of the Tamil community” and implement “meaningful devolution” through the 13^th Amendment.

A number of restaurants have been forced to shut down in Mannar this week due to Sri Lanka's cooking gas shortage.  

Sri Lankan opposition leader, Sajith Premadasa said the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) "cannot be tinkered with" and joined calls for the legislation to be repealed.