Ten containers filled with Buddha statues to be distributed by the Divi Neguma department which is under the purview of Minister Basil Rajapaksa, have been seized in Kurunegala.

Rumours claiming that Parliament will be dissolved are baseless, Minister Tissa Vitharana says.

Although certain persons in the government criticise former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga for saying 'Mr. Prabhakaran' in Jaffna recently, the incumbent President too did the same before foreign diplomats, co-media spokesperson of the common opposition candidate, MP Mangala Samaraweera says.

Common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena says that Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Sarath Fonseka and himself will face grave threats to their lives in the next few days.