The JVP-NPP combine sweeps the Rajapaksa stronghold in the south, and the Tamil hardline areas in the north and reduces the traditional parties to a mere single-digit number in the parliament

A committee in Sri Lanka will review the privileges of former presidents, following President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s campaign promise to end such benefits. The President’s office denies reports that ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa's security has been reduced,