Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has temporarily resigned from his ministerial portfolios until an investigation carried out on the President s directive regarding the accusation made by the Opposition Leader. MORE..
Former MP Hirunika Premachandra and eight others have been arrested by police while protesting in front of the President s House in Colombo Fort. MORE..
Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts, says the Department of Meteorology. MORE..