Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe plans to reintroduce the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which was replaced by the 20th Amendment by the incumbent government.

An international human rights group has alleged that Tamils continue to be abducted in white vans and interrogated in blood-stained torture chambers by both police and army even though it has been twelve years since the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka.

The national organiser of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Basil Rajapaksa, who returned to the island from the United States yesterday (24), is expected to be sworn in as a Member of Parliament, government sources said.

A lawyers’ group has requested Sri Lanka’s National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) to intervene to ensure the safety of a nine-year-old child who is allegedly being threatened with death by several racketeers including a North-West based politician.

The United National Party has questioned the President over the decision to release former Member of Parliament, Duminda Silva, who was convicted for murder and sentenced to death in 2016.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has written to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa seeking clarification on whether the decision to grant a presidential pardon to former MP Duminda Silva was made after a careful analysis of the necessity to grant such a pardon as stipulated in the proviso to Article 34 (1) of the Constitution.

Former MP Duminda Silva, who was sentenced to death, has been released from prison under a special Presidential pardon today (24).

In response to serous oil and hazardous chemical spills triggered by the fire that broke out on a ship carrying hazardous substances in May, the European Union is directing €200,000 (over Rs. 48 million) in humanitarian funding to provide crucial assistance.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) founder Basil Rajapaksa has fulfilled all requirements to run for President, SLPP National List MP Prof. Ranjith Bandara said.