The Election Commission has ruled out holding the local government polls without adequate funding being made available.

New members will be appointed to the Election Commission in the coming days, according to parliament sources.

Former chairman of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) Jaswar Umar has called for the intervention of president Ranil Wickremesinghe to get FIFA's suspension of local football lifted.

None of the decisions taken without the full quorum of the Election Commission are considered valid, said Dr. Prathibha Mahanama Hewa.

A meeting of the Constitutional Council will be held next Wednesday (25) at 9.30 am, Chief of Staff and Deputy General Secretary of the Parliament Kushani Rohanadeera said.

The Netherlands Ambassador in Colombo Bonnie Horbach and President's Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor on National Security Sagala Ratnayaka had a discussion at the Presidential Secretariat recently.

Yoshitha Rajapaksa created the hashtag GotaGoHome that had been there even before it came to be widely used by anti-government protestors at Galle Face promenade, claims Derana Media chairman Dilith Jayaweera.

Police are investigating a brawl between a customer and several workers of the House of Fashion clothing store at Bambalapitiya over a parking issue.

Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Janaka Ratnayake has said that someone with a sound understanding of the country’s energy and power resources must be appointed as the minister of power and energy.

Describing the PAYE as being impractical, former finance minister Ravi Karunanayake has urged the government to reconsider the tax.