A preliminary draft has been presented for the establishment of a National Council, consisting of all parties represented in parliament.
Businessman and MP Dammika Perera has informed the president in writing that he was willing to accept a ministerial portfolio with responsibilities on economic development.
The Puttalam High Court has eased the bail conditions for a young poet and teacher who has been listed by the government for terrorism-related activities.
The draft amendment to the appropriation bill 2022 will be taken up for second reading in parliament today (30).
MP Patali Champika Ranawaka is prepared to take up a challenge by power minister Kanchana Wijesekara to accept the chair of a proposed fuel procurement supervisory committee.
A woman from Vavuniya says her sole dream is to see the faces of her two missing sons before her death.
Exiled major drug traffickers are laying their hands on the dollars earned by expatriate Sri Lankan workers in an organised racket exposed by the Central Bank (CBSL) and the police.
The progress made in the 31 promises contained in the 2021 budget is six per cent only, said Verité Research in a report.
A coalition by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) together with leftist parties will certainly form a government soon, party chairman and ex-president Maithripala Sirisena said.
Britain will lead a new effort against human rights abuses and accountability in Sri Lanka with a new proposal to the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council that begins on September 12.
