Sri Lanka may release 96 fishermen by Pongal

Even as a Mullativu magistrate has initiated steps to free eight fishermen, the Sri Lankan government is mulling the release of the remaining 96 fishermen by Pongal, who have been arrested for alleged acts of poaching in Sri Lankan waters.



Hirunika in hot water again

Owners of a plot of land in Kolonnawa, on which a United National Party (UNP) office has been established, have filed a case in the Colombo District Court seeking an eviction order against MP Hirunika Premachandra and her mother who maintain that office.





Gammanpila will soon raise white flags: Harin

Minister Harin Fernando said he saw MP Udaya Gammanpila dressed in black and carrying a black flag. “But before long he will have to raise a white flag to mark the end of the joint opposition, which has nowhere to turn now. I can only feel sorry for him,” he said.







Rajitha to cultivate cannabis

The Health Ministry is to cultivate cannabis (ganja) in a protected mechanism in order to fulfil shortage of ganja to produce certain Ayurvedic medicine, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said.