I urge all the members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to join hands with us in a bid to further strengthen the party, President Maithripala Sirisena says.

A former sports minister is among those accused of having sexually abused an ex-secretary at the marketing division of Sri Lanka Cricket, reports say.

Inland Revenue trade unions warn that they will resort to strong action if the department’s commissioner general Kalyani Dassanayake continues to discredit the institution.

A box containing gems worth Rs. 2.6 million has been stolen from a gem trader at the SriLankan Airline flight UL869 that arrived from Beijing.

Minister Daya Gamage and his wife, deputy minister Dr. Anoma Gamage met ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa at a dinner hosted by Sri Lankan high commissioner in Malaysia Ibrahim Ansar at his official residence.

An assistant auditor general by the name Nayanakantha is making an attempt through the secretary to the president, who is a relative of his, to put off the suspension of additional auditor general Chula Wickramaratne who stands accused of not disclosing a financial fraud amounting to more than Rs. 210 million, reports say.

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families concluded its consideration 02 September 2016 of the second periodic report of Sri Lanka on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.