A meeting will take place tomorrow (April 10) at 11:00 am at the Presidential Secretariat, where President Anura Kumara Disanayake will engage in discussions with opposition party leaders about the impact of the new US reciprocal tariff system on Sri Lanka.  

During this meeting, it is expected to outline the steps the government has already implemented in response to the new US import tax policy.

(President’s Media Division)

A Police Constable (PC) attached to the State Intelligence Service (SIS) has been arrested by the CID.

The arrested PC from the District Intelligence Bureau in Karadiyanaru, which is attached to the SIS.

He is arrested in connection with investigations into the murder of two police officers attached to the Vavunathivu Police Station in 2018, which is suspected to have been carried out by supporters of NTJ leader Zahran Hashim, who was behind the Easter Sunday terror attacks.

The investigation into the murder has uncovered that the arrested constable had acted in a manner that misled investigations regarding the murder.

The CID is conducting further investigations into the incident.

The Election Commission has announced that Samantha Ranasinghe of the National People’s Power (NPP) has been elected as a Member of Parliament to fill the vacancy created by the passing of NPP Kegalle District MP, Kosala Nuwan Jayaweera.

Ranasinghe, who served as the Rambukkana Electoral Organizer of the National People’s Power during the 2024 parliamentary election, was next on the NPP list based on the preference votes obtained.

According to the official announcement, Ratnayake Mudiyanselage Samantha Ranasinghe has been elected as a Member of Parliament for the No. 22 – Kegalle Electoral District under Section 62 of the Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981.