Chief justice K. Sripavan has nominated to the president the names of appeal court judges Deepali Wijesundara and Wijith Malalgoda to fill the Supreme Court position that remains vacant following the retirement of Chandra Ekanayake.

Neither the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa nor Janatha Vimukthi Permuna(JVP) has submitted suggestions thus far for the new constitution.

Chief Minister of Western Province Isura Devapriya has stated in order to solve the issue of waste management in the Western Province 150 companies based in 15 countries have submitted nearly 200 proposals.

The banned insecticides and pesticides are still being sold in the market secretively, reports say.

Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Minister Rajitha Senaratne has advised the relevant parties to look into the suitability of the vaccine for dengue , approved by the WHO and manufactured in France.

A cabinet paper has been presented with regard to obtaining combat aircraft for Sri Lanka Air Force, the internal sources of the government report.

If the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) parliamentarians including former President Mahinda Rajapaksa attended the May day rally organized by the Joint Opposition without attending the SLFP rally in Galle, they will be considered to have left the party, says SLFP General Secretary and Agriculture Minister Duminda Dissanayake.