Former Kalutara district MP and Minister Kumara Welgama passed away at the age of 74.

Sri Lanka Police said that all police personnel assigned to provide security to former Parliamentarians have been recalled from today, except those providing security to the former Speaker, former Deputy Speaker and former Opposition Leader.

Tamils across the North-East are marking 37 years since the death of Lt Col Thileepan, a political wing leader of the LTTE, who fasted unto death in a protest appealing to the Indian government to honour pledges made to the Tamil people.

Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said the economic growth in 2024 will be stronger than the expected four percent due to increased economic activities.

The Court of Appeal has issued an interim order suspending the operation of the Cabinet decision granting approval to purchase 750,000 N-Series passports from two companies as part of the initial procurement for the supply of five million e-Passports.

Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said he wanted to clean up his ruling party, revitalise the economy and see off security threats from powerful neighbours after triumphing in his fifth and what he called final leadership bid on Friday.

Senior Deputy Inspector General (SDIG) Priyantha Weerasooriya, currently in charge of the North Central Province, is expected to be appointed as the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) today. This comes after the suspension of IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon.

Talks are underway between Ranil Wickremesinghe, Chandrika Kumaratunga and Sajith Premadasa to contest the upcoming general election via a common alliance, 'Divaina' reported.

Several changes were made to the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and the alliance led by it by opposition leader Sajith Premadasa today (27).

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has met with a group of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) representatives for talks this afternoon, it is learnt.