The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will hold its Buddhi Mandapaya national convention at Hotel Shangri-La in Colombo later today (07).

A request by former president Maithripala Sirisena to meet the Indian high commissioner in Colombo has been turned down, said diplomatic sources.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the government’s commitment to leading Sri Lanka towards prosperity by 2048 through transformative changes in modern agriculture, tourism, and the energy sector.

Fairytales presently being told in the political stage are mere deceptions of the public, said opposition leader Sajith Premadasa.

A loan scheme for cinema artistes will be introduced for their welfare, said presidential advisor on economic affairs Dr. R.H.S. Samaratunga.

Fisheries minister Douglas Devananda faced a public protest at Ponnaveli in Kilinochchi on 05 April against his attempt to handover land for limestone mining.

Chairman of the parliamentary committee on ways and means Patali Champika Ranawaka visited the wholesale market in Colombo Pettah yesterday (05).

One of Sri Lanka’s foremost teachers’ unions has warned that the Western Province Governor, who is also a former Air Force Commander, interfering to overturn the transfer of a girls’ college principal, who is currently facing a disciplinary inquiry, would negatively impact the effective conduct of the school’s activities.

Sri Lanka Freedom Party Senior Vice President Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has sent a letter to Acting Secretary General secretary of the SLFP Dushmantha Mitrapala requesting to convene an emergency political committee meeting.

A second attempt within 10 days to legalize the takeover of private land for President’s House in Jaffna has failed.