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,

A delegation of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a Marxist–Leninist communist party which led an anti-India campaign in 1987-90 against the Indo-Lanka Accord, will today (05) start on an official visit to India.

Leader of the United Republic Party Patali Champika Ranawaka has called for a new independence struggle to reestablish sovereignty.

Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has accused speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena of having violated the constitution by endorsing the online safety act. Premadasa pointed to clause 123(4) of the constitution that requires the government to accommodate Supreme Court recommendations with regard to passing acts of law.

Preparations for the initial stage of ‘Urumaya’ programme, involving the distribution of 10,000 land deeds, have been finalized.

A statement issued by the president with regard to the Constitutional Council could be an indirect threat to the Supreme Court, according to president’s counsel Upul Kumarapperuma.