The budget 2019, which is to be presented to Parliament on February 05, will be prepared with a focus to reduce the fiscal deficit to 3.5 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and maintain the public debt below 70 percent of the GDP, the Finance and Mass Media Ministry said in a statement.

A writ Petition filed calling for a medical report on President’s mental status was dismissed by Court of Appeal today stating that the CA has no authority to hear the case.

The first test drive on the newly constructed Matara-Beliatta railway line was commissioned yesterday(6) by the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Arjuna Ranatunga.

The Tamil National Alliance says the TNA will not seek legal action against the appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksha as the Leader of the Opposition.

Sabarimala tantri Kandararu Rajeevararu has said that there was no need for purification rituals as there was no confirmation of the Sri Lankan woman’s entry to the temple.

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Leader MP Anura Kumara Dissanayaka states that there is a need for a broad public movement in the country.

Sri Lankan police have arrested two people who posted a Facebook video showing one of them pretending to give a bribe to a traffic police cutout.

The Government requests public to hoist the Buddhist flag in government institutions, temples and houses tomorrow (05) as it is the day that sacred Theravada Tripitaka will be declared as a national heritage.

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today issued an order restraining Anti Corruption Movement Director (Operations) Namal Kumara from making statements to the media regarding the alleged VVIPs assassination plot.

New Governors appointed for five provinces were sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat, today (04).

The SLFP/UPFA yesterday ruled out its support for draft constitution that was to be presented to parliament before Independence Day, Feb 04.

Despite the recommendations of the Committee of Experts (CoE) appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena to revisit the Sri Lanka-Singapore FTA, Development Strategies and International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrama insisted the Government is going ahead with it.

MP Dayasiri Jayasekara was temporarily appointed as the General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) yesterday.

A Sri Lankan couple residing in Rome had the honor of being the parents of the firstborn baby in the New Year.