The Joint Opposition has urged the President and Speaker not to allow Constitutional Council (CC) member - minister Patali Champika Ranawaka to join the council's gathering today (18) to choose the next IGP.

There is talk that Avanthi Kumara Jayatilake, chairman of Property Development Plc., which comes under Kabir Hashim’s State Enterprise Development Ministry, is one of the Sri Lankans named in Panama Papers.

The TNA vehemently opposes the government’s plans to grant 818 acres from Sampur in Trincomalee for the proposed thermal power plant by India, says opposition leader R. Sampanthan.

MP Bandula Gunawardena of the joint opposition alleges questionable bond issues are still taking place, after the massive Central Bank bond fraud in 2015, resulting in high interest rates to cause big losses for the public.

Trade unions allege port minister Arjuna Ranatunga has appointed his elder brother Dhammika as chairman of the Ports Authority in total breach of the SLPA act.

The national movement for the protection of consumer rights has written to the prime minister, asking that the health, communication and wholesale and retail trade sectors be exempted from VAT amendments.