The four Tamil journalists from Mannnar and Vavuniya, summoned to the CCD on April 28, had been questioned for four hours on a threatening telephone call, reports say.

Central Bank governor Arjun Mahendran is accused of going to the bank’s economic research department in the dead of night on April 22 and taking away the bank’s finalised annual report.

The Bodu Bala Sena has confirmed that it would form a new political party.

National cricketer Dimuth Karunaratne got married to upcoming actress Anuradha Kurukulasuriya at Gangarama Temple in Colombo yesterday (29).

Foreign affairs minister Mangala Samaraweera stated that the three journalists who had fled the country during the Rajapaksa regime and sought political asylum in Nepal returned to the island last night (29).

The Action Committee for Media Freedom today (29) handed over a letter to the IGP, urging him to expedite investigations into the murder of journalist Dharmaratnam Sivaram in Colombo around 10 years ago.