Justice Maxwell Paranagama, Chairman of the Sri Lankan Commission on missing persons and war crimes, has said that the death toll in the final phase of Eelam War IV was not 40,000, as claimed in the 2011 report of the Panel of Experts appointed by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, but probably a little above 7,000.

The investigation of 6500 complaints pertaining to child abuse has commenced, says National Child Protection Authority (NCPA).

A set of conditions have been posed for those who are to accompany President Maithripala Sirisena in his tour to US, reports say.

Minister of Foreign Employment - Thalatha Athukorala says that measures will be taken to stop women form going overseas as housemaids.

Top officials of the FCID have declined to provide information to the media with regard to those responsible for the report of the commission appointed to investigate corruption and irregularities at the transport ministry during the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime.

The SLFP, a key partner of the coalition government, is yet to announce its stance with regard to the UNHRC report on Sri Lanka.