Sri Lanka's junior finance minister has asked President Maithripala Sirisena to stop officials flying business class as part of government efforts to reduce the country's ballooning budget deficit.

Sri Lankan American, Patrick Rutnam, was elected out of 59 candidates to represent the Democratic party in support of Bernie Sanders, in a delegation of 7, representing California District 30 which represents the San Fernando Valley in the city of Los Angeles at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia.

Mahela Jayawardene is used to being compared with the classiest batsmen of the modern generation but at Lord’s on Friday he was being linked with those famous double agents Guy Burgess and Kim Philby – at least Jayawardene was a better cricketer than Philby, who played for Westminster School with only modest success.

Sri Lankan shares rose for a second straight session on Friday to hit their highest close in about four months, led by telecom stocks amid foreign investors' buying.