President Maithripala Sirisena has pardoned a Tamil man, by the name Sivaraja Jenivan, who had come to assassinate him when he was a minister.

Arumugam Thondaman is likely to be accepted into government ranks and given a ministerial position in order for the SLFP to strengthen its vote base among estate labourers, say reliable sources.

Solicitor general Suhada Gamlath and senior advocates have recommended that MP Hirunika Premachandra be arrested in connection with the abduction of a person at Dematagoda, noting that there was enough cause to do so, reports say.

The Prisons Department is to introduce a programme which will allow prisoners to go home for a few days to spend time with their families while they serve their jail term, reports say.

National Organiser of Socialist Youth Union - Bimal Ratnayake says that the university intake should be raised to 21% according to the results of the GC A/L examination.

The centre for the rights of sex workers is challenging JVP MP Nalinda Jayatissa for an open debate over his remark that gay, lesbian and transgender persons are mentally-distorted.