The leader of the Mawbima Janatha Party (MJP) Dilith Jayaweera has claimed ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ to be the camp that has brought leftist-nationalism together.

Three opposition MPs are planning to crossover to the government when parliament sits on 04 June, reliable sources said.

A party without a cohesive economic programme or a capable team is frightened of meeting the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) for a debate on the economy, said opposition leader Sajith Premadasa.

Three opposition MPs presently touring Myanmar have held talks with deputy foreign minister H.E.U. Than Swe in an attempt to rescue 49 Sri Lankan youths taken by computer criminals.

The Navy has been thwarted from taking over a private land to expand one of its camps at Kattupulam in Jaffna.

The police deployed Special Task Force (STF) commandos in Nuwara Eliya town after minister Jeevan Thondaman and his supporters assaulted an estate company chief.

Notorious underworld figure and drug trafficker Ruwan Jayasekara, alias “Midigama Ruwan”, has been brought back to Sri Lanka from Dubai by a team of offices from the Criminal Investigations Department today (31), Police Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa said.

State Minister for Finance Shehan Semasinghe stated that only those wishing to plunge the country back into an economic crisis would oppose the Economic Transformation Bill.

Veteran Sri Lankan music composer Dr. Shelton Premaratne has reportedly passed away this morning (30) in Australia.

A gazette extraordinary has been issued for the issuance of permanent residence visa.