Irrigation, Internal Security, Home Affairs and Disaster Management Minister, Chamal Rajapaksa unveiled plans to start a new pharmaceuticals factory in the Hambantota district to produce medicines locally.

Two persons have been arrested while in possession of 1kg of heroin, the police said.

Sri Lankan military divers fixed a fuel leak from the engine of a fire-damaged oil tanker off the island’s east coast, the navy said Saturday, in a salvage operation after the huge week-long blaze.

Three persons have been arrested in the area of Hakmana while in possession of Kerala Cannabis.

Ten Opposition Parliamentarians have expressed willingness to support the proposed draft of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, a top Cabinet Minister said.

The World Bank has reallocated $56 million from ongoing projects in Sri Lanka to protect the most vulnerable in the agriculture sector, improve COVID-19 protection measures on public transport, facilitate tele-education for school children, and provide digital solutions to improve delivery of public services.

An accomplice of underworld figure ‘Ratgama Vidura’ has been arrested along with two T-56 assault rifles at Hikkaduwa.

A decision was taken to increase the number of National Schools to 1,000 and to provide equal facilities to all schools, the President’s Media Division said.

The Government has not yet discussed with the Millienum Challenge Corporation (MCC) on reviewing its clauses based on the recommendations made by the reviewing Committee, Money, Capital Markets and State Enterprises Reforms State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal told Parliament yesterday (10).

The final decision to ban cattle slaughter has been postponed by a month.

Parliament would explore the possibility of giving its members laptops, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said yesterday.

The body of an unidentified male with cut injuries discovered close to the Baththaramulla, Diyatha Uyana Bridge.

The Cabinet has decided to change the Ministers’ Public Day to Monday, which was previously on Wednesday, Co-Cabinet Spokesman Minister Udaya Gammanpila said.

Three persons, including the brother-in-law of ‘Wele Suda’ who is currently imprisoned arrested along with heroin in Imaduwa.

A member of an organized criminal gang has been arrested by the Kiribathgoda Police in the area of Aluthkade.

The Eastern Terminal of the Colombo Port was inactive for five years since 2015 due to the mismanagement and poor decision making of the former Yahapalana Government, Ports and Shipping Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena revealed in Parliament yesterday.