The notification announcing the presidential polls will be published within the coming fortnight, Election Commission chairman R.M.L. Ratnayake said.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced plans to implement a program aimed at transforming Anuradhapura, once a major trade and economic center, into a globally renowned city.
Former Sri Lankan cricket captain Mahela Jayawardene and MP Namal Rajapaksa are among the invitees of Anant Ambani’s wedding.
The main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is to get a new chairman before the party launches its campaign for the presidential polls, 'Deshaya' reported.
Samples have been collected from skeletal remains found from a mass grave in Mullaitivu for tests to determine if they belong to persons of enforced disappearances.
Sri Lanka still ranks high in suicides although the situation is much better from the 1996-97 period, said health minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana.
Finance State Minister Dr. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said an expedited programme will be carried out during the weekend to release more than 5,000 containers piled up due to the Customs strike.
The speaker has been urged to publicize the Human Rights Commission report into the anti-Muslim riots of 2018 that is yet to be publicized.
Police chief Deshabandu Tennakoon has refused to reverse actions taken against the underworld despite any threats.
The establishment of a populist regime that went unfulfilled during the Galle Face struggle will be realized at the upcoming presidential election, said executive member of the National People's Power (NPP) K.D. Lalkantha.
