A staff sergeant attached to the Army intelligence has been arrested in connection with the enforced disappearance of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda.

The economic and technology cooperation agreement (ETCA) proposed to be signed with India should be reconsidered, government affiliate JHU says, stressing that an agreement that affects the country should not be signed in a hurry.

Officials from the wildlife department and the CID seized a 15-year-old elephant from the Ambalangoda home of former MP Sajin Vaas Gunawardena.

Gampola Vidanage Samantha Kumara alias Wele Suda was granted bail earlier today (18) by the Colombo Chief magistrate’s Court in a case filed by the CID on Money Laundering Act.

A Basil Rajapaksa affiliate is attempting to take over a state owned textile industry building constructed by the Pushpa Rajapaksa foundation in Madampella, reports say.