The Right to Information Commission of Sri Lanka has ordered Parliament to reveal the number of Members of Parliament (MPs) who have criminal charges against them.

Leading public and private sector trade unions allege that the government is on a which hunt to imprison prominent trade union and mass organisation leaders, who protest in a bid to defeat the government’s attempts to militarise education, through the police.

A protest had been staged in Negombo against the militarisation of the entire country, particularly in the North and East.

Sri Lanka’s economic woes cannot be solved without addressing the fundamental issues plaguing the country's economy, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Eran Wickramaratne said.

Sri Lanka paid a US$1 billion bond last week, but the alarming state of its finances suggests it may have been just another step towards its first sovereign default.

Health experts have warned Sri Lanka of an impending COVID-19 Delta variant outbreak in the coming months if the public fails to take necessary precautions and if they are not fully vaccinated.

Former Prime Minister and the Leader of the United National Party (UNP) Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday (02) filed a petition at the Court of Appeal seeking a writ order be made, making void the recommendations made against him by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on Political Victimisation.

The cable car project from Nanu Oya to Nuwara Eliya that was to be initiated as a further step towards increasing the tourist attraction in the Nuwara Eliya District has come under heavy criticism for irregularities where a government bigwig is allegedly seeking millions of euros in commissions, government sources said.

Veteran actress Hyacinth Wijeratne has passed away following a road accident at Lindula, Thalawakele on Friday (29) night.