With incumbent IGP C.D. Wickremaratne set to retire on March 26, his successor has become a hot topic now.

Former State Minister of Finance MP Eran Wickramaratne presented two private members' bills on March 08 to the Secretary General of Parliament to amend both the Value Added Tax Act No. 14 of 2002 (as amended) and the Special Commodity Levy Act No. 48 of 2007.

The National People's Power (NPP) has organized a protest and rally in Milan, Italy to demand the holding of local government polls back in Sri Lanka.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday (07) Sri Lanka has secured financing assurances from all major bilateral creditors, paving the way for the IMF board to consider approval of a long-awaited $2.9 billion four-year bailout agreed last year.

April 25 is a suitable date to hold the local government polls, the Election Commission said today (07) after the election was postponed from March 09.

The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has urged the people to stand firm and not to give an iota of leniency or mollycoddle “Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Rajapaksa junta.”

The Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) leader Gajendra Kumar Ponnambalam encountered disruptions by the Army during a visit to Batticaloa last weekend.

April 25 is a suitable date to hold the local government polls, the Election Commission said today (07) after the election was postponed from March 09.

The mother of opposition leader receives no special privilege from the government, said secretary of the SJB’s youth front Kanishka Lanerolle.

The government continues its attempts to put off the local government polls due to the deep public disapproval of it, said opposition leader Sajith Premadasa.