The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today wrote to President Maithripala Sirisena and said that its MPs would support the appointment of a United National Front (UNF) nominee as Prime Minister and a UNF headed government.

President Maithripala Sirisena has assured Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to hold separate discussions with the Opposition Leader and the Leaders of the United National Front (UNF) tomorrow evening to arrive at an immediate solution to the political instability, the Media Unit of the Speaker said today.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Isuru Neththikumara today directed the CID to take into custody the real suspects behind the killing of rugby player Wasim Thajudeen and produce them in courts.

MP Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera said today the faction which commands majority in parliament should be given powers to form a government and that the President could not halt it.

Minister Udaya Gammanpila today wrote to the Editor of the Hansard over an alleged distortion of the Parliamentary Affairs on November 14.

A 71-year-old man was arrested with 700 grams of heroin valued at Rs. 8 million in Piliyandala today, Police spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

UNP MP and Former Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake today said the move by the Cabinet to approve a Vote on Account Rs 1,735 billion was illegal as there was no Cabinet of Ministers in Sri Lanka at present.

The Government today said it was optimistic that a majority of MPs would vote to pass the Vote on Account (VoA) as it was a matter of national interest.

Several photo journalists and cameramen who were at the Fort Magistrate’s Court premises to cover the case in which Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Ravindra Wijegunaratne allegedly involved in, had been attacked by several men who arrived on motorcycles a short while ago.  

While claiming that it was President Maithripala Sirisena who put the country into anarchy and instability for his political gains, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today that he should take the responsibility of stabilizing the country as well.

The Cabinet of Ministers had approved the Interim Vote on Account (VoA) seeking Rs.1,735 billion as Government Expenditure for the first four months of 2019.

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Ravindra Wijegunaratne, who appeared before the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court over his alleged involvement in the case of harbouring a former navy officer Prasad Hettiarachchi alias Navy Sampath, was remanded till December 5 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayaka today.

A Facebook executive has admitted that the company “made a mistake” in not removing a post that incited racial hatred in Sri Lanka, an international hearing on fake news and disinformation in London heard on Tuesday (Nov 27).

China has rejected claims that it is ‘becoming a supplier of political instability’ and sets a ‘debt-trap’ for Sri Lanka and other countries.

Two members of a fringe Tamil nationalist party were arrested on Tuesday for putting up banners with slain LTTE chief V Prabhakaran's photos at Mehul Circle at Mulund's New Junction. Mathiyajagan Sundaram (33) and Palanivel Ravindra (24) have been booked for defacing public property.

The Sri Lankan Rupee further depreciated against the US Dollar today. According to the exchange rates of the Central Bank, the Rupee was selling at Rs.182.27 against the US Dollar.

President Maithripala Sirisena instructed the authorities to look into the possibility of introducing paying the fines for minor crimes including traffic offences through an Electronic Payment System.

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) requests public assistance to locate about Sri Lankan workers who went missing after leaving Kuwait.

The special trial-at-bar at the Colombo High Court yesterday once again postponed the trial against former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and six others for December 8 on observing that the prosecution had still not tendered some of the documents on the case to the defence.

The Finance Ministry yesterday rejected reports that Finance Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa had forced the customs department to release a person who had attempted to smuggle out US dollars amounting to 53,455 from the country.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday said he was ready to face any investigation with regard to allegations that he falsified the Hansard report of Parliament.

UPFA MP Dullas Alahapperuma yesterday said the judiciary is being dragged into the ongoing conflict between the Executive and the Legislature.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said today he had asked the CID to carry out an investigation on the fake letters that have been put out with his signature.

President Maithripala Sirisena had instructed the relevant authorities to release the Tamil and Sinhala translations of the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) into the Central Bank Bond scam within two weeks, UPFA MP Dallas Alahapperuma said today.

Several opposition MPs today requested Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to order media to refrain from indicating that there is a government in the country at the moment in their news reports.

The Cabinet today approved a ‘Vote on Account’ (VoA) for the government to cover State expenses for the time being and it would be presented in Parliament shortly for approval, Government Spokesman and Ports and Shipping Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said today.

The government today requested Speaker Karu Jayasuriya not to publish the Hansards for parliament sessions held on November 14,15,16,19,21 and 23 claiming that the sessions were not held according to the Constitution, Standing Orders and Parliamentary tradition.

There was nothing wrong in appointing a Presidential Commission to probe into alleged corruptions that had taken from 2015 to 2018 but it should not be done to victimise people politically, UNP MP Patali Champika Ranawaka said yesterday.

Former Minister Basil Rajapaksa who formed the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said yesterday that there was no agreement reached with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to form a broad political alliance.

The Department of Examination announced yesterday that tuition classes targeting the 2018 G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination will not be permitted from midnight today.

The third suspect involved in the stabbing and death of an Advanced Level student in Matara was arrested this morning at Matara town, Police said.

Mars has just received its newest robotic resident. NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander successfully touched down on the Red Planet after an almost seven-month, 300-million-mile (458-million-kilometer) journey from Earth.

Former Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayake yesterday said there were instances in which President Maithripala Sirisena interfered with high-profile investigations. “As a responsible Cabinet minister, I have never spoken in public about instances in which

Tourism and Wildlife Minister Wasantha Senanayake had attended the United National Front (UNF) group meeting at Temple Trees today, MP Dr. Harsha De Silva said.

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today proposed a gathering of all parties to decide on an  election,  but said Sri Lanka's constitution must be safeguarded at all times.