Former convener of the Inter-University Students’ Federation Udul Premaratne and 21 others have been acquitted and released in a 2010 public property damage case.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe participating in a high-level panel discussion at the Global Leaders’ Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, in Paris yesterday (22), discussed the country’s experience with debt restructuring and the need for a comprehensive approach to address the challenges faced by middle-income nations.

Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera announced that plans aligned with President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s directives have been devised to transform the agricultural sector into an export-oriented economy by integrating technology into farming practices.

Ravi Karunanayake has the same vision, programme and targets of president Ranil Wickremesinghe and both are futuristic, global and far-seeing leaders, said university students.

Sri Lanka police have recorded statements from two Tamil journalists for over two hours with regard to the incident that happened in Maruthankerni where state investigative agencies allegedly threatened Jaffna district MP and Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam.

A deep-sea submersible carrying five people on a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic was found in pieces from a "catastrophic implosion" that killed everyone aboard, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday, ending a multinational five-day search for the vessel.

Time is ripe for Mahinda Rajapaksa to retire from politics despite the fact that he is still the most popular politician in Sri Lanka, said state minister Lohan Ratwatte.

Minister of tourism Harin Fernando has been appointed as one of the two vice chairs for the South Asia Commission of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

Mr. Charlie Halloluwa, father of the President's Director-General for Public Relations Thusitha Halloluwa has passed away today (22) at the age of 85.

The skeletal remains found in the mass grave at the Matale Hospital premises do not belong to people who had died due to natural causes, as their arms and legs appear to have been severed and the bodies buried in a haphazard manner.