Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa has claimed he has not been informed of a decision by China to blacklist state-owned People’s Bank.

Former Speaker and Chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice, Karu Jayasuriya has proposed the holding of public consultations in a bid to compensate for the lack of diversity in the recently appointed 'One Country, One Law Presidential Task Force'.

Internal sources of the government claim the meeting between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and government party leaders yesterday evening (29) had ended on a sour note, following a heated exchange of words between those attending.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has called for an immediate and sudden government party leaders meeting today (28) at the Temple Trees.

Opposition is mounting over the decision made by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appoint the Secretary General of the ultra-nationalist Bodu Bala Sena organisation, Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, to lead the Presidential Task Force to implement the ‘One Country, One Law’ policy of the current government.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna yesterday (26) filed a writ application in the Court of Appeal requesting it to declare null and void a Cabinet decision to transfer 40 percent of the Yugadanavi Power Plant to US-based New Fortress Energy Inc.

A collection of Tamil parliamentarians recently wrote a letter addressed to Chamal Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan Internal Security Minister, asking him to put a stop to the “artificial alteration of the demographic pattern” of the Northern Province.

The Director General of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Major General Suresh Salley has been summoned before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today to record a statement regarding a complaint filed by him.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has decided to launch a new national plan to find solutions to the country’s current social, economic, and political crises.

The Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) has warned that the irresponsible and complacent attitude displayed by certain sections of the general public, especially after the government had eased many stringent Covid-19 health regulations, could inevitably lead to another surge of the coronavirus.