Housing, Construction and Cultural Affairs Minister Sajith Premadasa yesterday denied Opposition allegations on misappropriation of money regarding the Central Cultural Fund in Parliament.

People should decide whether or not to elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa as President taking into account the service he rendered in his capacity as the former Defence Secretary, opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday.

Government coffers suffered a loss of around Rs. 4 billion owing to a decision made by the Department of Registration of Motor Vehicles to extend a contract given to a private company to issue smart driver licences, an investigation conducted by the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) has revealed.

The country’s urgent need today is for everyone to join hands without communal or religious differences to dispel poverty and live in peace. This is also the essence of Prophet Mohammed’s teachings, President Maithiripala Sirisena told the World Bohra Convention yesterday.

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has served the letters to disciplinary action against 5 National List Members of Parliament who had left the party, says SLFP General Secretary MP Dayasiri Jayasekara.

Sri Lanka’s Centre for Human Rights and Research says over 500,000 people in Sri Lanka do not possess National Identity Cards.

President Maithripala Sirisena said that a new path for development should be selected and the people should try and understand which political structure possesses such a vision. He said that the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) should form a political movement free of corruption, malpractices and unethical political practices.

President Maithripala Sirisena has agreed to appear before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) mandated to probe the terror attacks on Easter Sunday.

President Counsel Sanjeeva Jayawardena yesterday informed the Supreme Court that intelligence agencies had warned former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and IGP Pujith Jayasundara 97 times between 2016 and April 2019, that Islamic extremists of National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ), lead by Zharan Hashim were planning to carry out attacks in the country.

An Australian general in charge of combating illegal migration said Tuesday that there’s been an increase in the number of Sri Lankans seeking to enter Australia illegally by boat in recent months.

An extraordinary gazette notice was issued today to hold the elections to the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha on October 11, 2019. It was issued by the Returning Officer of the Galle District.

President Maithripala Sirisena will celebrated today 68th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party which also marks as his 68th birthday. The SLFP’s Anniversary Celebrations will be held at the Sugathadasa stadium.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe who is on a three day official visit to the Maldives yesterday said that organ transplants and other health services for Maldivians will be allowed in Sri Lanka.

The Supreme Court has informed President Maithripala Sirisena that he can’t hold the provincial council elections under the existing or previous Provincial Council’s Elections Act without a delimitation report, Secretary to the President, Udaya R. Seneviratne said, yesterday, issuing a press release.

Sri Lanka will request the extradition of an ex-central bank chief in relation to a $74 million insider trading scam, the attorney-general said Monday, months after Colombo accused Singapore of sheltering him.

Former President of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) Professor Carlo Fonseka passed away due to an illness at the age of 86.