Sri Lanka banned kidney transplants for foreign nationals on Thursday following reports of an organised organ harvesting racket involving patients and donors from neighbouring India.

President Maithripala Sirisena says the Ministry of Education should pay their attention to prepare the school curriculum in a way suitable for the minds of children.

The president of Sri Lanka has said foreign judges and prosecutors should not be involved in an investigation into allegations of war crimes.

Sri Lanka on Wednesday said it will begin discussions on trade and petroleum sales with Iran next month as economic sanctions against Tehran have been lifted.

The World Economic Forum 2016 inaugurated at Davos in Switzerland yesterday with the participation of over 2,000 world leaders and economic specialists, including Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Davos (Switzerland) – Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Wednesday cricket match-fixing claims must be investigated out of fairness to the players and his country.

The Indian government should prevail upon the Sri Lankan government to take action against those who had committed crimes against Tamils in the last phase of the war, Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah has demanded in the state Assembly on Wednesday.

National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader MP Wimal Weerawansa yesterday charged that the Financial Crime Investigation Division’s (FCID) officials were being trained by the British High Commission in Colombo to hunt down the politicians who are against the agenda of the Britain.

The Telecom Regulatory Commission (TRC) has introduced a new common floor rate for the Sri Lanka telecom industry.

Minister of Land, M.K.A.D.S. Gunawardena, has passed away at a private hospital in Colombo at the age of 70.

Sri Lanka Test and ODI captain Angelo Mathews arrived at FCID to give a statement as a witness to investigations into match fixing allegations.

“Building of the peace and reconciliation among the people in the country cannot be done only through enacting laws and adopting a new constitution. It can only be done through the religious philosophy”, says President Maithripala Sirisena.

A Sri Lankan-born man went on trial in Germany today charged with membership of the LTTE which Germany considers a terrorist organisation.

The Sri Lankan rupee fell on Monday due to importer dollar demand in the absence of banks’ dollar sales to defend the currency, dealers said.

The Sri Lankan government on Monday ordered the release of 106 Indian fishermen who were in its custody on charges of poaching in Lankan waters.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday assured that the proposed new Constitution would be introduced through a transparent process.