In a statement to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), former Narahenpita Crimes OIC Sumith Champika Perera told that he received instructions from higher ranking police officers not to conduct further investigations in connection with the murder of former rugby player Wasim Thajudeen. Filing a report in the Colombo Magistrate’s Court, the CID said its detectives were able to record a statement from the former Narahenpita

Bangladesh's central bank was vulnerable to hackers because it did not have a firewall and used second-hand, $10 switches to network computers connected to the SWIFT global payment network, an investigator into one of the world's biggest cyber heists said.

A 40-member high ranking delegation of Sri Lankan senior Buddhist monks and Buddhist scholars led by Parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and Buddha Sasana, justice minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe and Ven Bangala Upatissa, advisor to the minister of finance including politicians, academicians and officials visited ancient Taxila museum and ancient Taxila University on Friday.