The CID is to question five persons who had done money transfers under the undiyal system with drug trafficker Gampola Vidanelage Samantha Kumara alias Wele Suda who had operated from Pakistan, reports say.

The ministry of Finance has rejected the allegation made by the former President - Mahinda Rajapaksa citing that the government in 100 days has issued 28 ethanol licences.

A death fast against CWE chairman Kiran Atapattu is on its nineth day today (09) without any resolution in sight.

A doctor who has served in the Wanni has told BBC World Service’s ‘Witness’ programme that after he and other doctors, who were under arrest, were made to participate in a media conference by the military, with questions and answers prearranged, intelligence officers took them to KFC restaurant for a treat of chicken and cold drinks.

The temperance month began today (09).

Four human skulls and several small bones have been found from McHeyzer Stadium in Trincomalee.