A date for the proposed debate between the leaders of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya and the National People's Power will be intimated at the weekend, say SJB sources.

Public Security Minister Tiran Alles told the police yesterday (25) that eliminating criminals from the country is not a sin and not to be afraid to use weapons.

The government parliamentary group met last night (25) at the Presidential Secretariat.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna says it will seek clarifications from six of its MPs, who have entered into agreements with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will refrain from going to the public with its candidate until the presidential polls are announced, said its founder Basil Rajapaksa.

Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa says his repeated questioning about the fate of 6,400 depositors of The Finance Co. has been to no avail.

The United People's Party led by minister Tiran Alles held a party meeting in Nuwarwa Eliya recently.

A delegation from the Chinese Communist Party’s international department met with opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and also with representatives of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB).

The faction led by Nimal Siripala de Silva has decided to boycott a meeting convened by Thilanga Sumathipala to resolve the internal crisis in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

Prof. Channa Jayasumana was elected chair of the forum of MPs, who are doctors by profession, at a meeting yesterday (25).