Amidst the recent dispute between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe over the appointment of an interim committee for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the Cabinet has decided that any future interim committee appointments for SLC must receive Cabinet approval.

Sri Lankan authorities must immediately drop any investigation into freelance Tamil journalists Punniyamoorthy Sasikaran and Valasingham Krishnakumar in retaliation for their reporting and allow them to work without interference, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.

A cabinet subcommittee yesterday (13) summoned Sri Lanka Cricket president Shammi Silva to the Presidential Secretariat for a meeting.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Chaminda Wijesiri has been accused of leveling false and malicious accusations against assistant secretary general of parliament Hansa Abeyratne.

It is a budget of the United National Party (UNP) that has been presented this time, claimed Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Rajitha Senaratne, noting that only the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna could oppose it.

A complaint has been lodged at the court of appeal against political activist Oshala Herath over his criticism of a court ruling on the parliamentary seat held by Diana Gamage.

Senior DIG in charge of western province Deshabandu Tennakoon has responded to social media claims that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had contracted him for a secret consultancy role in 2021.

Residents of certain housing complexes in Colombo have welcomed the budget proposal to hand them ownership of their houses.

The Eravur circuit court has ordered 13 Sinhalese to end their forced occupation of a pastureland at Madavanai in Batticaloa.

The following are 06 highlights from the proposals contained in budget 2024 presented to the House by president Ranil Wickremesinghe today (13).