Negombo Magistrate Ruchira Weliwatta issued a order yesterday (14) to release Gampaha district parliamentarian Chathura Senaratne on two personal bonds amounting to Rs 100,000 each.

Sri Lankan share index fell more than 1.6 percent to more than 18-month low on Thursday due to rising yields that led investors to shift towards risk-free assets such as government securities amid global worries, brokers said.

Maldives and Sri Lanka appeared Thursday to have reached a thaw in their strained relations as the Indian Ocean neighbours pledged to improve bilateral relations.

Has an over-enthusiastic, flamboyant Sri Lankan sports minister under pressure to fix the national cricket team got the wrong end of the stick?