The Parliament is debating today the controversial 18th Amendment to the Constitution, and it will be put to the vote at 7.00 pm. Ruling coalition is now likely to get the support of 10 UNP MPs, eight SLMC MPs and 3 leftist MPs .

While marching with the protesters towards the Parliament from Sri Kotha, UNP Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe said that the Parliament has no right to get the 18 Amendment to the constitution passed.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, getting a ice cold blow from the opposition over the Constitutional amendment aimed at removing the two-term limit of presidency, has said the proposed legislation would in fact "dilute" his powers.

UNP MP Sajith Premadasa said yesterday that he too was seeking his claim to be the next leader of the party.

Vavuniya police say that the money remitted by foreign employees to a private leasing company in Vavuniya for the monies to be handed over to relatives has been robbed by the manager of the company who has been found missing for over a month.

Chief magistrate of Colombo rejected a request made by some police stations to give them permission to disperse public agitations that can erupt against the 18th amendment to the constitution near the Parliament and adjacent areas.