Inmates in prisons should break the bones of State Ministers if they storm into prisons and harass them by keeping pistols on their heads, an SJB MP said yesterday.

The Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) has urged the government to extend the current lockdown until the beginning of next month.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya Parliamentarian Patali Champika Ranawaka says the government must take action to reopen schools prioritising Ordinary and Advanced Level students.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) says it is “deeply disturbed” at the reports of the alleged criminal conduct on the part of former State Minister of Prisons Management and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation Affairs Lohan Ratwatte.

118 COVID-19 deaths were confirmed for September 15, increasing the death toll to 11,817.

A delegation of the European Union is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka on September 27, the Foreign Secretary Admiral (Prof.) Jayanath Colombage said.

Paddy Marketing Board Chairman, Dr. J.D. Mannapperuma, tendered his resignation yesterday (15), saying he was “inconvenienced” the way the board has been functioning lately, with no policy in paddy and rice pricing. He said he “cannot function” the way he had been working earlier in such a backdrop.

Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila says that Sri Lanka has enough petroleum resources in Mannar to sort out the country’s USD 47 billion debt many times over.

New data from Moderna Inc’s (MRNA.O) large COVID-19 vaccine trial shows that the protection it offers wanes over time, supporting the case for booster doses, the company said in a news release on Wednesday.

The United Nations (UN) office in Sri Lanka says it condemns any ill-treatment of prisoners.

132 COVID-19 deaths were confirmed for September 14, increasing the death toll to 11,699.

State Minister of Prison Management & Prisoners’ Rehabilitation Lohan Ratwatte has resigned from his position over the incidents at the Anuradhapura and Welikada prisons.

Ajith Nivard Cabraal has assumed duties as the 16th Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has called for the removal of the State Minister involved in an incident at the Anuradhapura Prison Complex.

Cabinet Spokesman and Minister of Mass Media and Information Dullas Alahapperuma stated that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa instructed that 53,000 graduates who are currently undergoing training be appointed to state institutions within three months.

The Sri Lanka Navy has arrested four suspects with Crystal Methamphetamine (ICE) worth over Rs.79 million in Talaimannar.