Secretary to the president Saman Ekanayake is to issue guidelines for state officials with regard to their participation at meetings of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), Committee on Public Finance (COPF) and other parliamentary committees.

The government is yet to consider a draft amendment that seeks a reconvening of the dissolved local government bodies, said state minister of local govt. Janaka Wakkumbura.

The Ministry of Labour alleges that neither the union leaders nor officers have provided asset liability statements within the granted period.

The representative of the (French) national financial prosecutor's office (PNF) has demanded a fine of 5 million euros against each of the "Siamese" companies Lycamobile France and Lycamobile Services, including a "display of the conviction on the door of each reseller" of the brand. The lawyers of the companies and their managers have denied any offense.

A draft amendment that seeks a reconvening of the dissolved local government bodies has been presented with approval from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), said its initiator Jayantha Ketagoda.

The ailing tusker ‘Muthu Raja’ was airlifted to Thailand by a special flight from Katunayake airport today (02).

Young politicians of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) are at talks to form a new political alliance, said political sources.

Nine leading local liqour manufacturers have defaulted on taxes to the tune of Rs. 6,000 million, said excise chief Kapila Kumarasinghe.

In an interview with Marc Perelman at FRANCE 24, on the sidelines of the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris, President Ranil Wickremesinghe discusses his country’s debt burden, relations with China, as well as plans for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa says he does not want to take the people to the streets.