President Maithripala Sirisena today (23) assured Tamils in the North that the land issue will be resolved and the land used as High Security Zones returned to its rightful owners.

Public order minister John Amaratunga says the new administrative procedure for the granting of dual citizenship becomes effective today (23).

The association of relatives of missing persons is asking the government to disband the presidential commission on missing persons and appoint an international committee of inquiry in its place.

Foreign employment minister Thalatha Athukorale is in a serious quandary after SLFP’s Dilan Perera accepted the housing and Samurdhi state minister position and joined the coalition government, say ministry sources.

Sri Lanka Telecom has bought a firm owned by the family of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa for Rs. 588 million without citing any acceptable reason, and also wasted Rs. 600 m more on this company, the auditor general’s department has found.

As more time is needed to implement a constitutional amendment after establishing a national government, it is highly likely that a general election will not be held in June, new state minister of Labour - Jeewan Kuamaratunga said.