Scientists say they have found a way to make rice less calorific - boil it with coconut oil and then refrigerate for half a day before eating.

Rathgama Pradeshiya Sabha chairman Manoj Mendis has been gunned down at a hotel in Wewala, Hikkaduwa.

Provincial journalist in Puttalam Hiran Jayasinghe was allegedly assaulted yesterday (23) while covering the construction of an illegal fence by force in a land belonging to the Land Reforms Commission, which is situated next to the Weera Kobbakaduwa Viharya in Palaviya.

The Baddegama Magistrate’s Court has turned down a request by UPFA MP Nishantha Mutuhettigama to get back his passport from court.

Opposition Leader Nimal Siripala de Silva says he will continue to remain at the post despite calls for him to step down after the SLFP’s decision to join the government.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that if he was going to contest at a future election it would only be under the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) or an alliance led by it.

Minister of Agriculture Duminda Dissanayake says that this year big onion seeds would be sold to farmers at a controlled price of Rs. 10,000 a kilo.