Public security minister Tiran Alles has called for a report into an incident involving TNPF leader Gajendra Kumar Ponnambalam and the police in Jaffna.
Several parties in the opposition have decided to form a new political alliance.
Sri Lanka has unanimously been elected as a Vice President of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The government is planning to hold snap presidential polls early next year, said political sources.
The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) has accused the government of jeopardizing the free health service.
Police have refused to reveal the identity of one of its intelligence men, who had allegedly aimed a pistol at Tamil MP Gajendra Kumar Ponnambalam at Marudankerni public stadium in Jaffna.
The government has already initiated the preparation of a restructuring plan for public enterprises. President Ranil Wickremesinghe made a clear policy announcement to the nation recently that the state authorities are serious about long-term economic reform.
Import restrictions on 300 to 400 products will be lifted from next week, finance state minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said yesterday (03).
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said a majority of the population, including youths, have lost trust in elections and politics.
A video released to social media today (03) details the role played by public security minister Tiran Alles in the past one year, on the instructions of president Ranil Wickremesinghe, to end political anarchy in the country.
