Two Bills to introduce anti-hate speech laws and criminalizing the instigation of communal violence and disharmony were presented in Parliament yesterday.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe rejected a request by the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) which sought an appointment to meet him.

Former Minister Johnston Fernando and former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal were summoned to the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) this morning to record statements on two different cases.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the government expects to hold the Local Government election before the next Sinhala and Tamil New Year.

Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka yesterday said that as Southern youth responsible for insurrections in 1971 and 1987-89 had been pardoned after re-habilitation there was no reason why the northern youth should not be released in a similar manner.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has curtailed participating at functions and meetings as his life is in danger due to lack of security, his spokesman Rohan Welivita said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremeinghe informed Parliament yesterday that the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) will not be signed with India and that only an economic and technological cooperation agreement…

Finance minister Ravi Karunanayake says that the 25% tax surcharge on profits of casinos and gaming companies and the doubling of the annual levy on gaming businesses..

President Maithripala Sirisena instructs officials to develop the Mahaweli farm lands to a profitable level in line with the National Program on Food Production.

The Local Government Public Service should be strengthened by recruiting qualified people, Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media Deputy Minister Karunaratne Paranavithana said in Parliament yesterday.

Atleast 36 people have been hopitalised due to an accident between two buses near the Technical College in Katukurunda in Payagala police area, police spokesman told media.

Saudi authorities have agreed to consider an appeal against the sentence of death by stoning imposed on a 45-year-old Sri Lankan maid for adultery, Sri Lanka’s deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday, welcoming the decision as a “big victory”.

Subsequent to the scheduled opening of the Chennai International Airport today, SriLankan Airlines will resume operations with the flights UL 127 and UL 128 of December 8,2015, a release from SriLankan stated.

Opposition Whip Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday, the JVP would at the opportune moment reveal detailed information of journalists who accepted financial kickbacks from Avant Garde…

President Maithripala Sirisena says the responsibility will be fulfilled as a government for a healthy nation, through the government’s policy on alcohol and tobacco.