Around five million kgs of rice had gone missing from Polonnaruwa and Puttalam districts about 18 months ago, according to farmers’ trade union chief Namal Karunaratne.

State minister of finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya is in receipt of a preliminary report by the excise commissioner general into a racket of fake stickers on liquor bottles.

Deputy director of the Colombo National Hospital Dr. Rukshan Bellana was freed from five hours of detention by hospital workers yesterday afternoon (19), police said.

The Supreme Court has extended an injunction against the accepting of nominations for the Kalmunai Urban Council at the local government polls until the conclusion of the hearing of a related FR petition.

Parliament this evening (19) passed the Regulation of Election Expenditure bill with a majority of 61 votes.

Pavithra Wanniarachchi and Jeevan Thondaman took oaths today (19) as cabinet ministers.

The struggle continues to rebuild the country from the abyss it has fallen into, says a social media activist Viraj Konara.

Erasmus+ Programme is organizing a three-day training workshop on opportunities and range of options for higher education institutions, public and private bodies from Sri Lanka.

A member of the Election Commission, S.B. Divaratne, says an anonymous telephone caller threatened him with death yesterday (18) afternoon.

Jacinda Ardern is quitting as New Zealand prime minister ahead of this year's election saying she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead.