Santasilan Kadirgamar, veteran historian, passed away here on Saturday after a brief illness. He was 81. He is survived by his wife and two sons including Ahilan Kadirgamar, political economist.

China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), a subsidiary of the state-owned China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), has proposed the construction of new facilities at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port. According to an IHS Maritime 360 report, the CHEC proposal focuses on the construction of a new shipbuilding and repair dockyard. The proposal is part of the third phase of the construction of the Hambantota Port.

Joint Council of Professions Supplementary to Medicine (PSM) has announced that the medical practitioners attached to Nursing, PSM and Paramedics Services in private and government hospitals located in Colombo district will engage in a strike on 29, 30 July based on five service demands.

The President has ordered to cancel the SLFP memberships of Rajitha Senaratne, S.B. Navinna, M.K.D.S. Gunawardene, Arjuna Ranatunga and Hirunika Premachandra, the President’s Media Unit said.

The manifesto of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) for the 2015 General Election has been presented to President Maithripala Sirisena this morning by a group of party leaders at the President's official residence in Colombo.