Cabinet paper submitted or change in parliamentary polls
An urgent constitutional amendment is in the offing for a change in the parliamentary election system.
An urgent constitutional amendment is in the offing for a change in the parliamentary election system.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has promised solutions to issues of Tamil dairy farmers in the eastern province after Tamil MPs raised the matter in parliament.
Raising a matter of privilege in parliament yesterday (06), MP Chandima Weerakkody alleged that he was threatened by defence secretary Kamal Gunaratne and the Army commander over his remarks about excessive vehicle usage by top rank military officials.
A Tamil civil society activist in Batticaloa has claimed that he had been threatened with death by a group with links to the government.
A resumption of excavations at a suspected mass grave in Mullaitivu remains in suspense with the state funding not being made available as promised.
Astrologer Indika Thotawatta has been remanded until 20 October.
A digital economy transformation acceleration programme is set to kick off next week, state minister of technology Kanaka Herath said.
CID sub inspector Sugath Mendis who had been arrested and interdicted along with former CID director Shani Abeysekera, was yesterday (06) awarded a Rs. one million compensation by the supreme court.
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington DC has held a reception including a series of cultural performances to celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and the United States of America.