The Presidential Task Force appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to present proposals for formulating a conceptual framework ideally suited for Sri Lanka after making a study of the “One Country, One Law” concept, has decided to call for public opinions and suggestions.

Minister of Irrigation and State Minister of National Security & Disaster Management and Home Affairs Chamal Rajapaksa was elected as the new President of the Sri Lanka-India Parliamentary Friendship Association at the revival meeting of the association for the ninth Parliament.

Human rights groups in Sri Lanka are accusing the country’s Police of continuous and unrelenting acts of harassment against activists and politicians from minority communities. The most recent incident they say is the summoning of a Tamil politician in the Eastern province by the special police crime unit without the provision of a valid reason.

UNP working committee member and journalist Dinouk Colombage has commended the remarks made by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the event held to mark the National Science Day and Science Week in Sri Lanka to coincide with World Science Day for Peace and Development at Temple Trees yesterday (10).

In keeping with the traditional practice in Sri Lanka of holding religious ceremonies to mark the passage of three months of a person’s passing, the "Samaraweera Foundation" has made the following arrangements to honour and remember former minister Mangala Samaraweera.

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith filed a petition with the Sri Lankan Supreme Court against the government's appropriation of the Muthurajawela wetlands.

The foreign gas supplier for Litro Gas has written to Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa, refuting recent claims made by the Chairman of Litro blaming the supplier for the current gas shortage in the country.

The death toll from the adverse weather conditions has increased to 20, and another five people are missing, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said in its latest report.

Acknowledging that climate change is a global issue and one which threatens the progress and development of Sri Lanka, The United National Party (UNP) has welcomed the pledges taken by the world leaders at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as 'COP26' held in Glasgow, Scotland.