The government is planning to set up a separate high court to expedite hearing cases against politicians and others who had committed fraud, corruption and swindling of public money during the previous regime, ‘Ravaya’ reports.

The Bribery Commission is to give a special training to teachers in a move to include bribery and corruption prevention as a school subject.

The attention of speaker Karu Jayasuriya has been drawn to the use of substandard coconut oil to prepare food in the parliament canteen.

MPs of the joint opposition have requested president Maithripala Sirisena to form a government of the SLFP.

An investigation is underway into the non-usage of a cancer treatment drug imported from Russia.