Colombo district leader of the United National Party (UNP) Ravi Karunanayake said that in conjunction with the UNP’s May Day celebrations this year, a strong opinion will be created that President Ranil Wickremesinghe should be the next President of Sri Lanka again.

The Supreme Court has issued an interim stay order on the President and the Constitutional Council, preventing them from nominating judges to the Supreme Court, except as Chief Justice.

Former Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage was yesterday (30) acquitted and released from the case for allegedly purchasing a house worth Rs.27 million at Kynsey Road by the Colombo High Court.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to participate in two May-Day rallies tomorrow (01) in lieu of International Labour Day.

Minister Prasanna Ranatunga told a political meeting in Udugampola this morning (30) that people should not even think of handing the country to an inexperienced leader.

The leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) leader Rishad Bathiudeen has had a meeting with Indian high commissioner Santosh Jah last Thursday.

Releasing its country report on Human Rights Practices in Sri Lanka, the US State Department said that 2023 was marred with a slew of “significant human rights issues” including torture, degrading treatment by the government, unjustified arrests, and extrajudicial killings.

The accountant of Randenigala Distilleries in Kaduwela, W. Roshan, has been released on a Rs. 1,350 million surety in a tax-evasion case.

Lawyers have the lawful right to appear on behalf of a drug suspect and levy any charge, said Bar Association (BASL) president Kaushalya Nawaratne.

Buddhist monk Muruttettuwe Ananda Thera charges that certain lawyers are influencing preventive efforts against crime and drugs.