At a media briefing last Friday, former president Chandrika Kumaratunga alleged that members of the Rajapaksa government had earned a commission of Rs. 15 billion from the Norochcholai coal power project.

Party leaders agreed today (16) to debate the no-confidence motion against finance minister Ravi Karunanayake on July 06, but parliament is most likely to be dissolved before that date, a SLFP minister told Sri Lanka Mirror.

A protest was held in front of the Welikada Prison today (16) against the murder of the inmates at the clash occured on 09 November 2012.

Wildlife officials have erected a roadblock to prevent farmers of Mahasengama in Hingurakgoda, Polonnaruwa from visiting their paddyfields, reports say.

A peaceful atmosphere is prevailing in Aluthgama and Darga Town after clashes between Sinhala and Muslim groups there a year ago.

The presidential commission inquiring into abductions in the northern and eastern provinces by armed groups is to summon former LTTE leader and ex-minister Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman.