Actor and UNP Member of Parliament Ranjan Ramanayake who is also the deputy minister of Social Welfare is said to have been involved in a case of stealing, srilankamirror learns.

The head of Avant Garde Marine Services Nissanka Senadhipathi who is under investigation for alleged gun-running has claimed that due to short-sightedness and the absence of a vibrant policy, Sri Lanka could stand to lose millions in revenue from overseas as well as jobs in the very near future.

Former President and patron of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) - Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has reportedly emphasised that a corrupt figure such as Mahinda Rajapaksa becoming a patron of the party cannot be approved in any way.

President Maithripala Sirisena says that he may not even be alive today if he had lost the Presidential election.

Although a special report on the alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka is to be presented before the UNHRC in March, the government is keen on getting this postponed till September after urging to consider the present political situation in the country.

"We must preprare for the next election and should make this leap in July. I was informed that President Maithripala's decision at that election would not cause injustice to the United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremesighe says.