Minister of Justice Ali Sabry says the government is yet to hold talks pertaining to establishing a post of Deputy Prime Minister, through the 20th Amendment to the Constitution.

The businessman who was involved in clearing the Anawilundawa Wetland Sanctuary in Mundalama, Puttalam was taken into custody, police said.

A senior Government politician said, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna will table the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, aimed at repealing the 19th Amendment, on 3 September and also asserted that a group of MPs from the Opposition were also willing to support the ruling alliance’s decision.

Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) Gampaha District MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka reacting to a previous statement made in Parliament by TMTK MP C.V. Wigneswaran warned him that degrading the Sinhalese and making racist statements undermining the Sinhalese in Parliament will get him nowhere and will not be tolerated.

A gunman of the team orchestrated by the notorious underworld figure “Samayan” has been shot dead by the Police.

The Ministry of Finance has issued a circular enabling vehicle permit holders to purchase a vehicle of their choice for the relevant market price at the concession mentioned in the permit.

A 29-year-old mother from Pepiliyawala gave birth to quintuplets (5 girls) this morning at the De Soysa Hospital for Women (Teaching), Colombo 08.

The STF has arrested an accomplice of organized criminal Janith Madusanka de Silva alias ‘Podi Lassi’ with a stock firearms and ammunition at a house at Wathugedara in Ambalangoda.

The Colombo High Court today (28) served indictments on Parliamentarian Rajitha Senaratne and the former Chairman of State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) Mohamed Rumi over controversial press conference on “white van abductions”.

A Prison Guard (49) attached to Colombo Remand Prison arrested by Western Province – North Crime Division from Borella along with 94 grams of heroin.

Issues related to the costs and prices of heavily subsidised meals provided to the MPs in the Parliament canteen were raised afresh yesterday by SJB Colombo District MP SM Marikkar.

The Ministry of Labour is considering amending a handful of labour laws to expedite the hearing of grievance cases of the country’s workforce which seems to have created a backlog at magistrate courts.

The approval of the Cabinet of Ministers has been granted to construct 03 flyovers over the railway line at the Sri Uttarananda Mawatha near the Slave Island Railway Station.

Legal experts have pointed out that if there are provisions on the Party constitution and if there is a genuine need, there is no impediment on former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya laying claim to the party leadership, a release from Jayasuriya’s office said.

Attorney-at-Law Lalith U. Gamage, the Governor of the Central Province temporarily suspended Daljith Nandalal Aluvihare, Mayor of the Matale Municipal Council from holding his post with immediate effect.