URF leader Patali Champika Ranawaka says he is ready to contest for the presidency under an alliance presently under formation.

The SLPP has set up two new panels to resolve disciplinary and other internal issues.

Executive officers in the state sector have warned of strike action if their demands are not met by 31 March.

Sri Lanka is not in need of a Taliban-style rule, said FPC leader Dullas Alahapperuma yesterday (28).

The Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court has ordered former President Maithripala Sirisena to make a statement in court on 04 April on his recent comments over the Easter Sunday bomb attacks.

The launch of an online platform enabling the swift removal of websites, photos, and videos containing or potentially containing instances of child sexual abuse took place yesterday (28) at the Presidential secretariat under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Legal action has been instituted against five individuals including former Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Ajith Nivard Cabraal, the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) says.

The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) instructed the officials of the Ministry of Finance to immediately report the matter of the importation of 102 spoiled fish containers into the country to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) as it appears to be a criminal matter.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has mediated to raise the wages of estate workers.

The country belongs to all citizens irrespective of their racial, religious, caste, class or political differences, said opposition leader Sajith Premadasa.