Another employee of the Government Analyst’s Department has been arrested with narcotic drugs by the Athurugiriya Police.

The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) says the water supply to several areas across the island has been disrupted owing to the power outage in the country.

Police have arrested an employee of the Government Analyst’s Department with over 18 grams of heroin.

While insisting all communities should be united through brotherhood instead of spreading extremism and racism, Minister of Justice, Ali Sabry PC, said a large number of people, including those living in the North and East have joined the Government’s progressive programme.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday raised concerns about the possibility of the Government trying rush through Parliament the proposed 20th Amendment when the House convenes on Thursday.

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Deputy Leader and Batticaloa district MP H.M.M. Harees expressed displeasure over SJB leader Sajith Premadasa’s refusal to provide a National list seat for the Muslim community according to the MOU signed before the General Election.

Twenty-five trained dogs attached to the Police Kennels Division in Kandy have been auctioned yesterday.

Minister of Water Supply Vasudeva Nanayakkara says Former President Maithripala Sirisena will receive an adequate post in the present Government.

India is planning to build a new transshipment port in the Great Nicobar Island in the Bay of Bengal.

United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe will quit his position only after the upcoming Provincial Council elections, party General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said yesterday.

State Minister of Solar, Wind, Grid Power Generation Projects Development Duminda Dissanayake says the government plans to meet the country’s power generation through renewable energy by 2030, in line with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s expectations.

A prison guard attached to the Welikada Remand Prison has been arrested in Ratnapura.

The United National Party (UNP) says the Working Committee has decided to hand over the party to a young leadership.

A ‘People-Centric Economy’ to improve the living standards of the most vulnerable people will take priority when it comes to the new government’s economic policies, Finance, Capital Market and Public Enterprises Reform State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal said yesterday.

Jathika Jana Balawegaya Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka said the Government must divulge what clauses in the 19th Amendment to the Constitution that it intends to repeal when the new Parliament convenes.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is scheduled to present the new Government Policy Statement at the ceremonial sitting of the first session of the Ninth Parliament on August 20, 2020.