President Maithripala Sirisena assured yesterday that he would brief the Cabinet in one week over the government’s course of action on the Avant Garde private security firm.

Law and Order Minister Tilak Marapana, being an honest politician, had told the truth about the Avant Garde issue in Parliament, ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday.

Minister of Law and Order Thilak Marapana has sent a letter to President Maithripala Sirisena stating that he is resigning from his ministerial portfolio.

President Maithripala Sirisena has expressed shock and sadness over the untimely demise of the Most Venerable Maduluwave Sobitha Thera.

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader Rauff Hakeem dropped a bombshell in public on Saturday when he revealed that there was a split in the government.

RAMESWARAM: All the 126 Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan custody will be released by courts in the island nation on Monday. The Sri Lankan government has already issued release orders to the fisheries department.

The Avant Garde Armoury case has caused cracks in the Maithri–Ranil Yahapalanaya Government in a serious manner forcing President Maithripala Sirisena to summon a special meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers next Wednesday.

Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, Friday claimed that the then Gen. Sarath Fonseka had spurned an offer to nurse the Kelaniya electorate on behalf of the UNP at the April 2010 parliamentary polls.

Most Venerable Maduluwawe Sobitha thero has passed away this morning at a hospital in Singapore – SL Mission in Singapore confirms.

President Maithripala Sirisena made an observation tour to the Moragahakanda Kalu Ganga Multi- purrpose Development Project and reviewed progress on the construction work on Friday (06).

The electricity field in Sri Lanka had gained massive development in the recent past and has taken steps to provide approximately 100 percent coverage 24 hours continuously.

The unsolicited proposals and the commissions that changed hands to construct the Kandy Expressway during the previous administration were brought to light in Parliament yesterday by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Minister of Justice Wijedasa Rajapaksa says that he will file legal action against Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka seeking Rs 500 million as damages for the defamatory statement made against him regarding the Avant Garde issue.

The Government’s final goal is to improve and enhance the living standards of the people; it is the goal for which we have obtained the approval of the people at the election, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe said in Parliament presenting the Government’s Mid-term Economic Policy Framework.

A heated verbal battle arose at the Cabinet meeting last morning over the Avant Garde private security firm and Public Order Minister Thilak Marapana’s statement in Parliament over the conduct of the company.