The Colombo Fort magistrate’s court has issued a foreign travel ban on MP Tiran Alles and five directors of RADA over a financial fraud in the construction of houses for tsunami victims.

Capt. Senaka Haripriya de Silva, secretary of Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, has offered the party led by him - Our National Front (Apey Jathika Peramuna), to former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa if he enters active politics.

Former chairman of SriLankan Airlines Nishantha Wickramasinghe has obtained a Rs. 23,079 million loan from the Dubai-based Mashreq Bank on a guarantee from the treasury, says the state policy report issued mid-2014.

A member of the cricket interim committee says he is unaware of a new selection panel being appointed, as claimed by two weekend newspapers, one Sinhala and the other English.

Noting that the UPFA has become a government affiliate after its MPs accepted ministerial and deputy ministerial portfolios, the TNA claims right to the position of opposition leader as it has the next highest number of seats in parliament.