The Supreme Court today issued an interim order staying the implementation of death sentence for convicted drug offenders until October 30.

Four suspects have been arrested over assaulting two police officers and absconding with one of the officers firearms in Batticaloa.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday assured that Sri Lanka’s school system will be upgraded to be the best system in the Asian region in terms of quality of education and technology.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) reached an agreement to name the new alliance ‘Sri Lanka Nidahas Podujana Peramuna’ if they contest elections jointly, UPFA MP Mahinda Amaraweera said.

An active Member of the National Thowheed Jama’ath (NTJ) was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayaka yesterday (4), while attempting to leave the country.

The revolver of one of the Traffic Policemen on duty had been taken away by an individual, while the two Policemen tried to take an unlicenced motorcycle to the Police Station in Puttur, Batticaloa, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara.

A person has died after being shot when he had allegedly attempted to grab the firearm of a soldier on duty at a school in Akmeemana.

A group of hackers specialized in attacking banks has hit again, and this time they’ve breached four targets in Asia, respectively in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Kyrgyzstan, security researchers from Group-IB have told ZDNet.

The JVP will field a candidate to contest the forthcoming Presidential Election under a broad, progressive Left-oriented democratic people’s combine. The candidate’s name will be announced very soon, JVP leader Parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayake said.

Former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has told a group of MPs who visited him at a Singapore hospital yesterday that he is ready to fulfil the pledges given to the people and promised to dedicate his time and energy to make sure that this was done after he arrives in the country.

Train trade unions commenced strike action from midnight yesterday, against the ministry of transports influence in preventing disciplinary action which was taken by the superintendent of railways against am intoxicated worker.

The Colombo Light Railway project is a significant step forward to ensure that Sri Lanka is on its way to becoming a modern, twenty first century society, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.

Former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and IGP Pujith Jayasundara, who were arrested by the CID at the Colombo National Hospital yesterday, were further remanded until July 9 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne.

MP Wimal Weerawansa says that the US Ambassador should clarify what is the necessity for the SOFA Agreement, which he claims contains clauses that could “potentially lead to war hideouts” in Sri Lanka, if there is no intention to set up military camps in the island.