Two Sri Lankan nationals were reportedly killed in a road accident in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.

Keheliya Rambukwella has been given the environment portfolio with the aim of implementing president Ranil Wickremesinghe’s green economic concept, said minister Mahinda Amaraweera.

Floral tributes were paid and lamps lit yesterday (24) to remember 55 Tamil civilians who were killed by Indian peacekeepers in Jaffna 36 years ago.

Stressing that there are no plans to increase the water tariffs for the rest of this year, Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development, Jeevan Thondaman, said but the ministry is diligently working on implementing a water tariff formula, set to roll out in January, 2024.

The existing online safety bill will be submitted for cabinet approval again as a new bill with additions, public security minister Tiran Alles said.

The government will even be toppled if the president goes against the SLPP and removes ministers, warned party MP S.B. Dissanayake.

Workers of a closed garments factory in Hatton have staged a protest demanding their unpaid salaries and bonus payment.

A remembrance has taken place at Jaffna Hospital for 68 patients and staff who were killed in an attack by Indian peacekeepers 36 years ago.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis, who considered a complaint made by the late businessman Lalith Kotelawela’s wife’s sister raising suspicions about the death of Kotalawela, ordered the body of the late businessman to be released to Sherine Wijayaratne Fernando to be buried at the Borella Cemetery.

The cabinet has approved visa-free entry for visitors from seven countries including India, China and Russia as a pilot project until 31 March 2024, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said.