At the Forthcoming General Election all the political parties are urged by the Women’s affairs Ministry to ensure that at least 30 percent of candidates they nominate for election are women.

The UPFA nomination board has been instructed by its chairman Maithripala Sirisena not to give nominations to eight former MPs, who are accused of fraud, corruption and other irregularities during the Rajapaksa regime.

UNP MP Nalin Bandara has revealed that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s family had ordered breakfast worth Rs. 9.4 million from the Hilton and not paid the bill during CHOGM.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya on July 3 issued notice on the Finance Crime Investigation Division Director to show cause, as to how a court order was received to conduct a second audit on the bank accounts of former Sri Lanka Football Association president Manilal Fernando and another person, when an order has already been issued by the Court of Appeal preventing the auditing of accounts for the second time.

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa has proposed that ex-chief justice Sarath N. Silva and former diplomat/political analyst Dr. Dayan Jayatilake be included in the national list of the UPFA, reports say.

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Gen. Secretary - Anura Priyadarshana Yapa has refuted claims citing that he was being pressured by the President to resign.