Elephants and tuskers will be donated to temples and devales under cabinet approval only, says wildlife minister Gamini Jayawickrama Perera.

A man faking as a monk has been arrested for cheating money out of kidney patients and their families.

Outdated drugs worth over Rs. one billion was found by Parliament members of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) during a sudden inspection of a warehouse belonging to State Pharmaceuticals Corporation at Gonawala, Kelaniya, yesterday.

People of Panama refuse to accede to a government order to vacate their traditional land before the end of this month.

Employers and government authorities tried to sabotage yesterday’s (22) protest campaign against the curtailment of rights of Katunayake free trade zone workers, allege trade union leaders.

The government has refuted claims that cluster bombs had been used during the war, and noted such allegations have become the norm at the commencement of UNHRC sessions in Geneva.

Government doctors staged a protest in front of the education ministry today (22), alleging the children of doctors getting transfers could not find state schools.