The bodies have been recovered of a couple who got trapped inside a building at Buwelikada in Kandy following a caving-in, says the Disaster Management Centre.

Mohamed Farook alias “Barrel Ranji” has been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division in Grandpass today.

A one-and-a-half-month-old infant was killed and two others were rescued after a five-storey building collapsed on to another building at Buwelikada in Kandy this morning.

Driver’s licences will be printed by the military from next year to help rein in the high costs of a private contractor.

The JVP says it will conduct a series of conferences JVP on the disadvantages of the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution.

Director General of Government Information Nalaka Kaluwewa in a statement yesterday said that the government has not taken any decision to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

Two customs officers have been arrested by the police over the incident of illegally removing 33,000 kgs of Turmeric from Customs.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa urged the tea factory owners not to pave the way to tarnish the image of Ceylon Tea brand which has attracted many countries in the world for a long time.

Steps will be taken to allocate more space to three-wheelers and motorcycles which now have been restricted to the bus priority lane, says SSP Indika Hapugoda, the Director of the Traffic Control and Road Safety Division.

A CID officer involved in a number of investigations into Islamic extremism had made a six-minute phone call to Nihal Fernando, MP Harin Fernando’s father on April 20, 2019 and probably warned the latter of the impending suicide bomb attacks, the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) investigating the Easter Sunday attacks was informed on Wednesday.

While concurring with the position that Sri Lanka should pull out from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Cabinet Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said, Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena informing the UNHRC of the withdrawal from the co-sponsorship of Resolution 30/1 was the initial step in the process.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said the Colombo Port City Project will become the main source of income for the country and the project will generate more than 83,000 employment opportunities.

Bloemendhal Police has seized 33,000 kilograms of Turmeric while being illegally removed from Customs and arrested 10 suspects.

Now persons above 16 years of age can go to work legally, the government announced today.

The JVP has charged the government is aiming to pass the 20th Constitutional Amendment to fulfil its own economic agenda.

Former Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Director Shani Abeysekara and two others were further remanded till October 02 by Gampaha Magistrate’s Court today.