Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe is a certain candidate at the next presidential election, but his decisions are based on a future vision for the well-being of the economy and the people, and do not target an election,

The Department of Examinations was forced to declare the Agricultural Science II paper,

Government politician Anuradha Jayaratne has been accused of having acquired a state property illegally.

Various industries numbering 263,200 were closed in the past four years with the collapse of the national economy, said the Department of Census and Statistics in a report.

Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe will contest the next presidential election as a non-party candidate in order to take the country away from its perilous situation, former finance minister Ravi Karunanayake said.

More than 200 women had committed suicide in the past three years after failing to repay loans obtained from microfinanciers, MP Gamini Waleboda told parliament yesterday (12).

The government policy is to rehabilitate and hand offenders back to society instead of punishment in the long-term, said justice minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.

The National Police Commission has issued a set of guidelines to acting Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Thennakoon regarding the ongoing nationwide "Yukthiya" Operation.

During a meeting between President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lankan authorities and the International Monetary Fund on 11 January, the IMF congratulated the country on completing the first review under its program.

The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court yesterday (12) imposed a travel ban on Mahinda Kodituwakku, the self-proclaimed ‘Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’.