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.

A case filed against an alleged disruption to a Hindu religious activity at Kurunthurmalai archaeological site has been fixed for hearing again on 23 February 2024.

Tamils in the Wanni are now preparing to mark Maaveerar Naal on 27 November to remember their relatives and friends who died in the war as members of the LTTE.

The International Monetray Fund (IMF) is happy even if Sri Lanka and China negotiate independently so long as there is even-handed treatment in debt restructuring, IMF Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer said.

The Customs Department has lost revenue amounting to more than Rs. 58 billion due to various frauds and irregularities, and Chairman of the Committee of the Ways and Means, MP Patali Champika Ranawaka has instructed the officials of Ministry of Finance and other institutions to take immediate steps to recover the losses.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has raised concerns over the latest Cabinet reshuffle, claiming that the changing of ministerial portfolios was a ‘wrong decision’ by the President.

The system of granting licenses to import vehicles for Sri Lankans who send remittances has been implemented with full transparency.

MP Udaya Gammanpila has alleged the president has presented a paper to the cabinet that paves the way for a bigger fraud than the Central Bank bond scam.