Around one million voters have been newly-registered for the presidential polls due this year, said director general of the Election Commission Saman Sri Ratnayake.

Minister Mahinda Amaraweera says he, together with State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna and MP Duminda Dissanayake will take legal action against their removal from the posts they held in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

The Ministry of Health has launched an investigation following the tragic death of a 50-year-old patient at Ragama Teaching Hospital shortly after receiving a vaccine.

Justice minister Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa is said to be favourably considering a request by the SLFP to run for the presidency under an alliance to be formed by that party.

Dayasiri Jayasekara has been invited back to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) with an offer of its senior deputy chairman position.

JVP politburo member Samantha Vidyaratne says farmers do not benefit from tax relief being offered by the government as a national election nears.

Ex-president Maithripala Sirisena has been ordered to testify before a presidential commission of inquiry in connection with his claim that he knows the masterminds of the Easter Sunday attacks.

Basil Rajapaksa, the US citizen, cannot be allowed to decide elections in Sri Lanka, said Mawbima Janatha Party leader Dilith Jayaweera.

URF leader Patali Champika Ranawaka has warned of a possibility of communal clashes perpetrated by destructive forces when the presidential polls nears.

The SLPP has inaugurated a series of district level conferences being organized by its newly-appointed national organizer Namal Rajapaksa.