Deputy Solicitor General (DSG) Arjun Obeysekara told the Court of Appeal yesterday that the government has decided to seek public opinion regarding the stalled Chinese Port City Project.

Cooking rice by repeatedly flushing it through with fresh hot water can remove much of the grain’s stored arsenic, researchers have found — a tip that could lessen levels of the toxic substance in one of the world’s most popular foods.

The rat population in the country is increasing alarmingly as a result of the imbalance in the environment.

UNP national list nominee Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera will not go back to the UPFA, says his coordinating secretary Keerthi Bandara.

The investigation into the murder of ‘The Sunday Leader’ editor Lasantha Wickramatunga has been postponed until the conclusion of the parliamentary election.