Leader of the NPP Anura Kumara Dissanayake has promised economic freedom by building a production-based economy and ensuring equal dividends to all.

Teacher trade unionist Joseph Stalin has castigated sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe for ridiculing the teaching profession and denying children their rights.

Public approval for the Sri Lanka FReedom Party (SLFP) has decreased to just four per cent now from 50 pc previously, said its former general secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe told a cabinet meeting yesterday (30) that he will raise the salaries of all state sector employees via the upcoming 2024 budget.

Mount Lavinia additional magistrate Sanjaya L.M. Wijesinghe has rejected a motion seeking bail for former senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne, who was arrested and remanded for causing an accident while driving under the influence of alcohol.

Power and energy minister Kanchana Wijesekera yesterday (30) said he tabled the proposed electricity sector reforms bill for the observations and approval of the cabinet of ministers.

Further excavation into the Kokku Thoduvai mass grave site has been postponed again by three weeks.

The main reason for the irregularities taking place in the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) is the deletion of its database, said President of the Academy of Health Professionals Ravi Kumudesh.

As many as 6,969 vehicles had been imported even after the imposition of an import ban in June 2020, said Customs director Seevali Arukgoda.

Health sector trade unionist Ravi Kumudesh has revealed corrupt deals in the import of nine varieties of medicines.