The importation of electric cars will either have to be restricted or suspended due to the increased and new taxes imposed through budget 2016, says vehicle importers association president Indika Sampath.

A vehicle allegedly linked to the abduction of several students during the days of the last regime, has been seized by the CID from the Trincomalee Navy Camp, reports say.

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC) is to seek legal redress against five persons including former deputy minister Sarath Kumara Gunaratne, reports say.

A mother has appealed to the leader of the Democratic People's Front - Mano Ganesan, to help find her daughter - who had suddenly resurfaced in a campaigning poster of President Maithripala SIrisena, years after being arrested by the military in 2009.

Minister of Mass media and Parliamentary Reforms - Gayantha Karunatillake said that he will initiate a programme to re-instill quality and standards in teledramas.