MP Wimal Weerawansa is due to represent the National Freedom Front and the Supreme Lanka Council at the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) summit in Beijing, China.

Dayasiri Jayasekara has been proposed to be appointed a senior vice president of the SLFP, according to political sources.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe left for China last night (15) on a four-day official visit.

A proposal to appoint a parliamentary select committee to investigate the Easter Sunday terror attacks will be tabled in parliament tomorrow (17), reports ‘Anidda’ newspaper.

The Supreme Court will take up on 14 and 15 February 2024 the fundamental rights petitions that challenge the orders of a presidential

The government, its health minister and the health ministry have become the main parties in the smuggling of substandard medicines into the country, said opposition leader Sajith Premadasa.

Justice minister Wijedasa Rajapakshe has denied media reports that he has submitted a paper to the cabinet for the abolition of the executive presidency.

Legal issues have arisen in the implementation of several recently-adopted parliamentary acts and regulations that contain numerous faults and inaccuracies.

A draft constitutional amendment has reportedly been prepared to abolish the executive presidency and re-establish a premiership with full powers.

Small-scale fishermen of Pallimunai in Mannar are on a protest against alleged harassment at the hands of the Fisheries Department.