The Consumer Affairs Authority seized 825 kg of expired milk powder from a seller during a raid at Colombo Pettah yesterday (22).

Professor Chandima Jeewandara, the Director of the Allergy, Immunology, and Cell Biology Unit at Sri Jayewardenepura University, has issued a cautionary statement, suggesting that the novel JN.1 virus may already be present in Sri Lanka.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (22) appointed 10 secretaries to ministries and 2 provincial chief secretaries.

Siri Ranasinghe, a highly respected and senior journalist in Sri Lanka, retired from his position as the editor of Lankadeepa, yesterday (22).

The CID has resumed questioning activists of the anti-government ‘Aragalaya’ last year, especially those who had entered Temple Trees.

In a diplomatic ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat, the newly appointed High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, Mr. Santosh Jha, presented his credentials to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, marking the official commencement of his tenure in Sri Lanka.

A court order has urged Facebook to provide details related to several FB pages said to be insulting the Buddha and Buddhism.

The country is yet to achieve economic stability, said Central Bank governor Nandalal Weerasinghe.

The online safety bill will again be submitted to parliament on 23 January, said government sources.

The SJB has suspended one of its organizers in Kurunegala after he was nabbed with heroin.