Public security minister Tiran Alles has decided against answering summons issued to him by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL).

The Government Printer says it needs 30 days to complete all printing work relating to the local government polls.

A Health Ministry tender board has approved the purchase of 42 varieties of medicines from three suppliers at very high prices for use at Apeksha Cancer Hospital in Maharagama, according to ministry sources.

Incumbent chairman Nimal Punchihewa too, has applied for membership of a new Election Commission due to be formed shortly.

The SLPP never fears elections as it is a party that works for the well-being of the villages, according to ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The IGP has ordered an inquiry against the Bandarawela HQI for allowing the media to record the questioning of a young woman suspected of having abandoned her infant in a train lavatory.

The President's Chief of Staff and Senior Adviser on National Security officially launched a program today (12) aimed at reducing the environmental damage caused to the coast of Sri Lanka by the distressed X-Press Pearl vessel which caught fire.

Violators of recommendations given by the Human Rights Commission (HRCSL) cannot be taken to courts, human rights lawyer Pratibha Mahanamahewa said.

The Election Commission is unable to hold the local government polls on April 25 without receiving another Rs. 100 million by next week, its chairman Nimal G. Punchihewa has told Neth News.

Around 800 leading gangsters operate throughout the country under 40 organized underworld gangs, police said.