Former Minister Rohitha Bogollagama released on bail by Colombo Chief Magistrate over a case accusing him of alleged financial fraud.

Despite Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's public denial, credible reports have emerged to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that the Sri Lankan military still operates secret camps in the north, where surrendered ex-Tamil Tiger rebels and those who were made to disappear during and after the war, have been held and tortured to-date.

Police have busted an international drug network operated by a group of Maldivians in Sri Lanka following a two-year long operation.

Agriculture Minister Duminda Dissanayake says that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa should support the SLFP achieve victory at the next general election.