Commuters found to travel in trains without a train ticket are to be fined Rs.5,000 and double the ticket fare, reports say.

Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka had arrived at the Bribery Commission a short while ago.

The Saudi government has decided to have a fresh hearing of the court case pertaining to the Sri Lankan woman who has been ordered to be stoned to death, said deputy finance minister Dr. Harsha de Silva.

A woman has been killed and seven others have sustained injuries when a van veered off the road along the Southern Expressway at the 73rd Kilometre Post.

With a financial envelope of 14 million Euro, more than 300,000 people are expected to benefit from the support provided by the European Union to build houses and improve community infrastructure for internally displaced people and returnees.