President Maithripala Sirisena has declared that he would retain the environment, Mahaweli, national integration and defence ministries.

Dullas Alahapperuma has vehemently opposed a proposal by a group of SLFPers that it would be better if TNA’s R. Sampanthan is appointed opposition leader.

SLFP MPs who will not receive ministerial positions in the new government are likely to sit in the opposition, party sources say.

Two revolutions have been completed, but one more remains to be done, Most Ven. Tibbotuwawe Sri Sumangala Thera, Mahanayake of the Malwatte Chapter, told prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today (23).

The complex nature of the present school syllabus leads to mental stress of the students, says the National Institute of Education.

The Sri Lanka Customs says that there is a rise in gold smuggling into the country through the sea route in the northern and eastern areas.