Speaker Karu Jayasuriya had accepted the appointment of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Opposition Leader of Parliament, Deputy Speaker Ananda Kumarasiri informed parliament today.

The approval of the Cabinet of Ministers has been granted to the Appropriation Bill – 2019, submitted by the Finance and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera.

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) in a statement said it is disappointed to learn of the decision made by the Presidential Secretariat to appeal against the order issued by the Right to Information Commission (RTIC), directing the disclosure of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s assets and liabilities declaration for 2015/2016.

The inaugural parliamentary session for the year 2019 is due to convene today (January 08).

President Maithripala Sirisena completes four years in office today.

Justice Minister Thalatha Atukorala seeking approval to include ‘law’ as a subject to the school curriculum, had been approved today.

Three new governors were sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena a short while ago.

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.