Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka was set to receive the additional post of Internal Affairs Minister on the recommendation of the government, sources said yesterday.

An airline staff member has been arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) over an attempt to smuggle in gold biscuits.

President Maithripala Sirisena, rejoicing the fact that media freedom and democracy have been restored in the country, urged the media to use them in an ethical manner.

Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake stated that when she took office as Women and Child Affairs Minister only 76% of children attained pre-school and this was a matter of concern.

The UNP has sought to shift the responsibility for handling former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s citizenship to Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, according to sources.

The government would have to allocate Rs. 75 million per day to purchase 100 MW of emergency power from the private sector for the required six months.

The Presidential Media Awards to evaluate journalists and their contribution to establish a healthy media culture will be held at the BMICH under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today.

Sri Lanka’s former powerful defence chief has been accused of torture and killing during the country’s bloody operation against Tamil militants, in an legal filing he was served in the parking lot of a grocery store.

The spokesman of  former Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa told our news team that no notice is received as yet with regard to the lawsuit said to have been filed in a US Court.

Minister of Justice and prison Reforms Thalatha Atukorale says that she is not happy about Buddhist monks going to the courts let alone establishing a ‘Sanghadhikarana’ (a court for Buddhist monks).

An individual has died while four others sustained injuries following an accident that occurred at the 45th mile post along the Southern Expressway in Kurundugahahetekma.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Chairman Prof. G. L. Peiris, yesterday, said, that legal acton against wartime Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in the US, should be viewed against the backdrop of him being widely considered as SLPP candidate at the presidential polls later this year.

India and Sri Lanka on Monday agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in the defence sector, including Indian training of Sri Lankan military personnel, as foreign secretary Sanjay Mitra called on President Maithripala Sirisena.

The Ministry of Education has issued the Circular making the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination not compulsory, Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam says.

Veteran musician H. M. Jayawardena has passed away at the age of 69 years, a short while ago.