Buddhi Keerthisena, the veteran film producer and businessman best known as founder of Buddhi Batik, has passed away, aged 83.

The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has found fault with authorities for not arresting those responsible for the distribution among local hospitals of a substandard vaccine imported by forging documents.

In a pioneering move to bolster the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector in Sri Lanka, the apex body of the ICT industry, FITIS, has unveiled the “DigiGo.lk” Digital Playbook for SMEs.

Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) M.A. Sumanthiran has said that court action would be sought once again to resolve an issue faced by dairy farmers in Batticaloa.

The attorney general yesterday (16) stated before the Court of Appeal that it was not possible to provide special consideration before the law to pastor Jerome Fernando, who has been accused of insulting other religions through a controversial statement made by him.

A suspect in a shooting incident has been killed in an exchange of fire with the police while in hiding at a house at Gonawala in Sapugaskanda in the early hours of this morning (16), police said.

The CID is now investigating the distribution among local hospitals of a substandard vaccine imported by forging documents.

It is pursuant to a written complaint lodged by the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) on 03 October.

A statement is expected to be obtained from CEO of the NMRA Dr. Vijith Gunawardena tomorrow (17), said the police headquarters.

Three days ago, the CID was ordered to arrest those responsible and produce them before courts.

Top officials of the health ministry’s emergency purchase division and technical evaluation committee members are to be questioned as well.

Isolez Biotech Pharma AG Ltd. has imported 22,500 vials of the vaccine, human immunoglobulin, with Rs. 924 million paid by the state.

The importer is accused of producing forged documents to the controller of immigration and emigration for the import of this substandard vaccine.

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MP Wimal Weerawansa is due to represent the National Freedom Front and the Supreme Lanka Council at the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) summit in Beijing, China.

Dayasiri Jayasekara has been proposed to be appointed a senior vice president of the SLFP, according to political sources.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe left for China last night (15) on a four-day official visit.