President Ranil Wickremesinghe told his cabinet at a meeting this morning (22) to prepare for a presidential election that will be held first.

The Tamil National People's Front has urged their people in the north and the east to boycott the next presidential polls.

The government has green-lighted the resumption of excavations at the Kokkutuduvai mass grave in Mullaitivu by approving a curtailed expenditure.

The Supreme Court yesterday (21) issued an order staying the proceedings of the Colombo High Court (CHC) relating to the X-Press Pearl marine pollution case until June 14.

Cabinet approval has been granted to provide freehold ownership to descendants if the first beneficiary is no longer living under a programme to provide house deeds for 50,000 low-income families.

Police have been accused of violently disrupting a war-dead remembrance by students of the Eastern University.

The government plans to initiate two pilot projects, the ‘Temporary Agricultural Electric Fence’ and the ‘Village Electric Fence,’ to protect villages and farmlands experiencing significant elephant-human conflicts.

The All Ceylon Hindu Association has asked that Ven. Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thera be given a presidential pardon.

War affected Tamils have told the head of a leading international human rights watchdog that justice for their loved ones who have been victims of enforced disappearances after surrendering to Sri Lankan military in the final stages of the war can only be realised through an international inquiry.

The New Alliance formed by the Anura Yapa and Nimal Lanza group together with the Nimal Siripala de Silva faction of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) will hold its inaugural public rally at Ambalantota junction on 08 June.