A Bell 412 helicopter from India has landed at the Katunayake International Airport during the previous general election period and it had been kept at an aircraft hangar in Ratmalana Airport, reports say.

When inquired regarding how the Sri Lanka's human rights report will effect the country the Chairman of Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission Attorney at law Prathiba Mahanamahewa stated that though there will not be a massive effect there is an indirect impact on the country.

Investigations into the brutal murder of 4 and half years old Seya Sadewmi from Kotadeniyawa has been handed over to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) with immediate effect.

United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) parliamentarian Ranjith de Zoysa stated that the President Maithripala Sirisena gave his permission to a group including him to fulfill the function of the opposition within the parliament.

Sri Lanka became a fully fledged member of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime from 1 September allowing the island to obtain internationally available digital data to investigate cybercrimes.