Although the death penalty was imposed, the measure cannot be implemented until two years have passed, minister of Justice - WIjayadasa Rajapakshe says.

The IUSF says their discussion with university education state minister Mohan Lal Grero failed to bring a proper outcome in order for them to stop their struggle.

Cricketing circles are disturbed over a remark by sports minister Dayasiri Jayasekara, also a lawyer, that a commission report on fraud, corruption and irregularities committed by the cricket administration during the Rajapaksa regime has named no persons for possible prosecution.

Prosecutions in connection with the fraud and corruption committed during the previous regime have intentionally been halted despite a completion of investigations, alleges convener of Voice against Corruption Wasantha Samarasinghe.

A girl with Sri Lankan parents, Francea Evanjelin Elchmanar, has become second runner-up in the Miss Junior Teen Great Britain 2015 competition in Birmingham.