The country is built not for us but for future generations. The best way for the opposition to gain power is to unite with the government, said President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

No decision has been taken as yet to fill the vacant position of the inspector general of police, said sources at the Presidential Secretariat.

Four policemen including a sub-inspector of the Vaddukoddai police station have been arrested in Jaffna after the local Magistrate’s order in the murder of a Tamil youth.

The chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Prof. Ranjith Bandara has been removed from the committee’s investigation into allegations of fraud and corruption at Sri Lanka Cricket, according to a decision by leaders of all parties.

C.D. Wickramaratne retired today (25) as the inspector general of police after having completed a third service extension.

Determining the extent of the Kokkutuduvai mass grave in Mullaitivu has begun with the use of radar equipment as skeletal remains of 30 persons have been exhumed as of now.

Former President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) Saliya Peiris PC yesterday (24) rejected President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s claim that he held ambitions to become Prime Minister.

A protest by fishermen in Mullaitivu has taken place against poaching by Indian trawlers in their waters.

Sri Lankan journalist and human rights defender Freddy Gamage is to be bestowed with the medal of honour of Timor-Leste by president Jose Ramos-Horta on 27 November.