The north and the east will observe 04 February as a ‘black day’ while the day will be marked elsewhere as the 76^th anniversary of independence.

Former Army chief Daya Ratnayake, who joined the SJB just recently, visited the MJP office in Borella and met its leader Dilith Jayaweera,

An inmate of Magazine prison in Colombo has been assaulted and his life is in danger, according to ITAK MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam.

Civil society organizations launched an agitation on 26 January against an alleged attempt to wipe out Mannar Island from the Sri Lanka map via a multinational wind farm project.

In the absence of anyone else to change the system until the economic bankruptcy came, Ranil Wickremesinghe gained the political leadership by working for that system change, said minister Manusha Nanayakkara.

The SLPP and its trade union affiliates need to modernize by coming out of traditional political mentality and by correcting its past mistakes, said MP Namal Rajapaksa.

The President of the Republic of Sri Lanka under Article 4(b) of the Constitution is the organ of government through which the executive power of the People including the Defence of Sri Lanka is exercised, the President’s Office said in a media release.

The Movement for a Just Society has called upon all parties to declare their stand on the executive presidency.

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka has expressed outrage over the decision taken by Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa to give party membership to former Army Chief Daya Ratnayake.

The Health Trade Union Alliance has urged government doctors against intervening with political motives to sabotage their professional struggle.