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.
All arrangements are in place to hold the presidential polls, said Election Commission chairman R.M.A.L. Ratnayake.
Ministers Mahinda Amaraweera, Lasantha Alagiyawanna and Duminda Dissanayake were stripped of their positions in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) today (30).
National Security Advisor and President's Chief of Staff Sagala Ratnayaka led a high-level delegation in discussions to assess bilateral economic connectivity projects between Sri Lanka and India.
