Around 2,000 teen mothers have been reported so far this year to make it a serious social and legal issue, said the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA).

Two schoolboys have been arrested in Kandy for sexually-abusing and videoing girls and then uploading them to the internet.

The Maligakanda magistrate's court has ordered the sealing of the office of additional secretary to the health ministry Dr. Saman Ratnayake in an ongoing investigation into the substandard human Immunoglobulin vaccine scandal.

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLFBE) is to open a branch in Nuwara Eliya with a staff capable of providing services in Tamil language within the first week of next year.

The sale, promotion or distribution of everything that is detrimental to the interests of children will be removed near schools before the commencement of the next term, acting IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon said.

Kusal Mendis has been appointed as captain of Sri Lanka’s ODI team, while Wanindu Hasaranga will lead in the T20I format, said a top official of Sri Lanka Cricket.

Technology State Minister Kanaka Herath yesterday (18) said that they are working on the introduction of a digital economy policy for Sri Lanka, which does not change when the governments change.

Former health ministry secretary Janaka Sri Chandragupta has been remanded until 27 December over the purchase of substandard human immunoglobulin vaccines.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe informed the cabinet at its meeting this afternoon (18) that he will contest the upcoming presidential polls.

The Freedom People's Congress (FPC) could have several MPs who dream of becoming government ministers, conceded its executive committee member Dilan Perera.