A woman, aged 42 years, and her two children, who had gone missing in August 2009, have been returned to their home in Mullaitivu on October 26 by unidentified persons, the visiting UN working group on enforced or involuntary disappearances has been told.

The Ministry of Health yesterday (12) issued a special circular over the sugar use, especially when consuming hot drinks such as tea and coffee.

The education ministry decision to provide schoolchildren with a cash voucher instead of uniform material from 2016 is a pointless exercise, says Lanka Teachers Service Union secretary Mahinda Jayasinghe.

At a seminar in February attended by defence state minister Ruwan Wijewardena, businessman Nimal Cooke asked questions repeatedly with regard to the license of Avant Garde, and said it was a question of giving the license without competition.