Northern province governor C.V. Vigneswaran was a notable participant at the inauguration of the national food production programme held at Iranamadu today (05) under the auspices of president Maithripala Sirisena.

Oct 5 Sri Lankan shares ended slightly weaker on Monday, after hitting one-week closing highs in the previous session, led by falls in John Keells Holdings Plc and Commercial Bank of Ceylon Plc.

NAURU has announced that asylum-seekers at an Australian immigration camp on the Pacific island will no longer be locked up, saying they will instead be free to roam around the tiny nation.

Adding a new twist to the brutal murder of toddler - Seya Sadewmi, the CID has informed courts that the suspect - I.A. Saman Jayatillake has confessed to committing the murder.

A Swedish study of five million people appears to support the theory that height and cancer risk are linked.