The northern provincial council has proposed that the northern and eastern provinces be merged and Muslim-areas therein be declared autonomous regions through the new constitution for the country, gagana.lk reports.

A pharmaceutical company blacklisted for a fraud in the supply of a drug to Maharagama Cancer Hospital has registered under a new name and is supplying the same drug to the hospital, the government medical officers forum charges.

Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has received an assurance from ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa that all MPs in the joint opposition would support the abolition of the executive presidency.

IGP N.K. Illangakoon has officially informed President Maithripala Sirisena of his retirement.

Instead of ensuring relief for public, the ministers are gifted with positions during the Aurudu season, JVP's Tilvyn Silva.

A girl sitting for her A/L exam this year and her brother studying in grade three are raising funds for heart surgery for their mother by visiting the villages and chanting ‘Kavi Bana’ (Buddhist sermons in song style).