As leader of the United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to form a high post committee to create future leaders in the party.

SLFP defectors have claimed success in their talks with party chief Maithripala Sirisena.

Assessments of the health impacts of the non-sugar sweetener aspartame have been released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA).

Major General Sanjaya Wanasinghe has been appointed as the new Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (14) has instructed the Ministry of Health to expedite the approval process for medicines approved for local use.

The Colombo High Court today (14) sentenced Garnia Bannister Francis, a local employee of the Swiss Embassy in Colombo, to a two year prison term with hard labour, suspended for five years.

Untrained teachers are a main reason for the failures in primary education, claimed education minister Susil Premajayantha.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed the importance of financial discipline in nation-building and announced plans to promptly introduce formal measures to control public expenditure and generate new government revenue.

Sri Lanka is likely to discuss energy, power and port projects during a presidential visit to New Delhi next week, the foreign minister said this week, as India tries to push forward stalled initiatives with its crisis-hit neighbour.

A patient died at Panadura Base Hospital yesterday (13) following a suspected infection via a cannula inserted to him.