A fire has broken out on a rubber stock at the eastern pier of the Colombo harbour, reports say.

Sri Lanka has taken prompt action to fast track negotiations on The Indo-Sri Lanka Economic and Technology Corporation Agreement (ETCA) to be signed by the end of this year with only the conclusion of the joint Secretary level meeting recently in Colombo.

Two of the country’s largest family-owned business groups, Jinasena Ltd. and St. Anthony’s Industries Group Ltd, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will enable them to utilise key competencies they have acquired over time in their individual industrial value chains for their mutual benefit.

The TNA says it will lodge a complaint with the office of mission persons if relatives of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran makes a request to do so.