The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has demanded a final solution to the ethnic issue before July 30, failure of which will rule out any talks with the government again.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe departs on June 17 on an European tour that will take him to London and Paris.
Former Supreme Court judge L.T.B. Dehideniya is tipped to be appointed chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL), said sources in parliament.
Ministerial hopeful SLPP seniors cannot be given positions for the present, the government has informed them officially.
There is a proposal for the annulment of the nominations for the local government polls, said state minister of local government Janaka Wakkumbura.
Former minister Navin Dissanayake is due to be sworn-in as governor of the Sabaragamuwa province in the coming week.
The government has abandoned plans to hold snap presidential polls, ‘Deshaya’ reports.
Justice is yet to be ensured for the government MPs whose properties were set ablaze in May last year, according to a group of SLPP MPs.
A Health Ministry official is delaying 400 internship appointments in order to get his daughter included in the list, government doctors allege.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe will tour India on July 20 for talks with premier Narendra Modi and other top Indian political figures, political sources said.
