Maj. Gen. Sanjaya Wanasinghe is the likely successor to Army chief Lt. Gen. Vikum Liyanage when the latter completes his extended term on 31 December this year, government sources said.

SJB spokesman S.M. Marikkar yesterday (04) accused the government of increasing Sri Lanka’s debt burden by 14 per cent in just a six-month period.

Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa said yesterday (03) that he would definitely contest the next presidential polls.

Trincomalee additional magistrate Darshani Annaturai has issued an injunction that prevents any protests in front of Boralukanda Buddhist temple at Ilupppukulam.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to address the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) which will be held in New York from 18 to 26 of September.

IGP C.D. Wickremaratne has undertaken, before the ministerial consultative committee on public security, to look into ethical concerns about videos of traffic offences being leaked to the media.

Britain’s Channel 4 television is to reveal shocking details about the Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka in a documentary to be shown on 05 September.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa has promised to form a populist government, for which party branches began to be set up at every Grama Officer division yesterday (02).

The proposed political alliance led by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is yet to receive final agreement by Freedom People's Congress (FPC) leader Dullas Alahapperuma.

Finance state minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya has been hospitalized due to suspected food poisoning.