Indian beauty Pooja Umashankar's latest contribution to local cinema is the film 'Paththini' directed by veteran filmmaker Dr Sunil Ariyaratne.

The cabinet approval has received to appoint the current Chairman of Independent Television Network (ITN) Prof. Dhammika Ganganath as the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Japan.

The President has decided not to give nominations for the former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa who has received severe allegations both locally and internationally, reports 'Randiva' newspaper based on a comment made by a Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) senior member.

Sabeen Mahmud, a prominent Pakistani social and human rights activist, has been shot dead, shortly after hosting an event on Balochistan’s "disappeared people", in the southern city of Karachi, officials have told Al Jazeera.

The Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has emphasized that the mechanism against corruption will not be weakened under any circumstance.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has triggered a controversy with a commercial ad which allegedly promotes child slavery and racism.