Data which will be obtained for the new National Digital Identity (NDI) could face privacy risks, reports say.

Editor of the ‘Sathhanda’ weekend publication - Deepthi Kumara Guneratne and the newspaper's deputy editor - Subhash Jayawardena arrived at the CID at today (10).

Editor of the ‘Sathhanda’ weekend publication - Deepthi Kumara Guneratne and the newspaper's deputy editor - Subhash Jayawardena have been summoned to the CID at 10.00am today (10).

The CID has received a complaint that three billion rupees of funds of the Ceylon Electricity Board that was invested in Treasury Bonds, had been misplaced.

Sri Lankan shares closed lower for a fourth straight session on Wednesday as investors turned cautious going into the holiday season and ahead of a likely decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve next week on raising interest rates, brokers said.

The Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) says it believes that citizens of Sri Lanka must unite to oppose moves by certain sections of the government to postpone the Local Government Election due to political reasons.