The motorists have been allowed to use the Southern expressway between Kottawa and Kadawatha free of charge due to flood situation, the Road Development Authority announced.

A housing project for hill-country Tamils of Sri Lanka, launched recently, has come not a day too soon. Envisaging the construction of 4,000 houses, the project was cleared by the Indian government over four years ago. It is a component of the larger housing programme funded by New Delhi in the Northern and Eastern provinces, hit hard by the civil war that went on for over 25 years.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has asked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convert the Sampur Power Station in Trincomalee from a coal power plant to one powered by liquified natural gas (LNG).

It has been alleged that Beyonce’s sportswear brand is made by workers who earn 44p an hour in squalid conditions.