A Tamil lawmaker became leader of the opposition in Sri Lanka’s parliament for the first time in 32 years on Thursday, in the latest sign of progress towards ethnic reconciliation on the once bitterly divided island.

Tamil National Alliance Parliamentary Group Leader R. Sampanthan has been recognised was recognised as the Opposition Leader of Parliament a short while ago.

JVP National List MP Sarathchandra Mayadunne has decided to resign from his MP post today.

President Maithripala Sirisena will mark his 64th birthday today. He was born on September 3, 1951 in the Western Province and grew up in Polonnaruwa in the North Central Province.

Sri Lanka may restrict visitors to each of its national parks after a recent spate of vehicular accidents injured and killed wild animals, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said here on Wednesday.

The Sri Lankan rupee ended steady for a second straight session on Wednesday amid importer dollar demand as a state-run bank, through which the central bank usually directs the market, sold the greenback at a flat rate of 134.50.

Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara on Wednesday claimed that his Twitter account had been hacked after an obscene tweet appeared on his verified Twitter account.

A group of people staged a protest at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) this morning against the Paddy Marketing Board’s decision to use airport warehouses as a paddy storage space.

India and Sri Lanka are working to fix the dates for Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to make New Delhi his first foreign port of call this month itself.

It has been decided to name the Opposition Leader and the Chief Organizer of the Eighth Parliament tomorrow.

President Sirisena addressing the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka a little while ago said the main aim of the National Government is to promote reconciliation and economic growth.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn-in as a parliamentarian of the new parliament today. He was seated in the second seat of the front row next to UPFA stalwart Nimal Siripala de Silva.

UNP MP and former Public Administration Minister Karu Jayasuriya was appointed uncontested as the Speaker of new parliament a short while ago.

The Presidential Commission on Missing Persons has almost completed its task, according to Justice Maxwell Parakrama Paranagama, chairman of the panel.

Senior State Counsel Priyantha Nawana informed President of the Court of Appeal Wijith Malalgoda yesterday (31) that nothing had come to light with regard to Shanmugam Kumaran Tharmalingam alias Kumaran Pathmanathan, a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam leader’s involvement in terrorist activities.