The prevailing dry weather has left 208,107 persons of 51,561 families affected, said the Disaster Management Centre yesterday (02).

Four policemen involved in the death of a Tamil youth while in the custody of police at Kodikamam in Jaffna have gone missing, say police headquarters sources.

The anti-vice unit of the prime minister’s office has lodged a complaint with the FCID against a secretary at the Finance Ministry over several acts of corruption.

An investigation report into a student clash at the Institute of Indigenous Medicine (IIM) at Rajagiriya, which is affiliate to the Colombo University, has allegedly been covered up by its directress Swarna Hapuarachchi.

Information has come to light with regard to a defrauding of gold meant for the ‘Sanda Hiru Seya’ Stupa that was constructed at massive costs during the previous regime.