Police raids on Colombo nightclubs have been taken up a notch after the 'Sri Lanka Mirror' exposè on a nightclub in Town Hall selling drugs including cocaine, reports say.

The Department of Examinations say that a probe will be initiated on a injustice faced by a special needs child at the Grade V scholarship examination held last Sunday.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to embark on a tour to Malaysia instead of his previously planned tour to Italy, reliable reports say.

Two officers of the Financial Criminal Investigation Division (FCID) are to head to the US to investigate former MP and actress - Anarkali Akarsha.

The need has arisen to form a new political force, for which arrangements are being made now, joint opposition MP Prasanna Ranatunga says.

Police say there is no information about a wealthy textile importer who was reportedly abducted from his home at Kotelawala Avenue, Bambalapitiya on the night of August 21.