The Nationa Movement for Social Justice has called for a speedy resolution of the apparent clash between the executive and the Constitutional Council.

The Freedom People's Congress (FPC) will support a presidential candidate who will agree with its programme and will ally with him at the general election, said party MP Gunapala Ratnasekara.

Fulfilling a longstanding aspiration of the nation, 10,000 freehold titles were awarded to farmers as part of the first phase of the Urumaya program held in Dambulla yesterday (05).

In what is considered a significant change in India’s foreign policy towards Sri Lanka, the leader of the People’s Liberation Front-Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has been invited to New Delhi for talks.

A paper is to be presented to the cabinet today (05) to obtain legal status for calling for expressions of interest for the commercial cultivation of cannabis.

The FSP has demanded Rs. 500 million in damages from the editor of ‘Dinamina’ and its publisher Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd.

At least 900 children are diagnosed with cancer each year, which is twice the figure reported previously,

Keheliya Rambukwella is due to resign from his environment portfolio today (05), said government sources.

Four university students were arrested yesterday (04) in Kilinochchi, as the north and the east observed a ‘black day’ of independence.

A no-confidence motion will have to be brought against Speaker of the Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena,