State intelligence is investigating to determine if saboteurs in the CEB are behind a spreading of rumours about a power crisis and the unexpected power failures that have been taking place of some time now.

The attack on two policemen attached to state intelligence is unrelated to the deaths of two Jaffna University students, a senior police official told Sri Lanka Mirror.

Two government intelligence men have been attacked at the home of a Jaffna university student who had died in a police shooting.

Retired sergeant major of the Army intelligence Jayamanne, who had left behind a suicide note claiming he had killed journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge, had been 100 km away from the murder scene on the day of the murder, said deputy minister Ajith P. Perera.

Minister Rajitha Senaratne says the price of a cigarette will be raised to Rs. 55 once the 15 per cent VAT is imposed on cigarettes.

The Central Bank requests the public to use the currency notes in circulation with care, without damaging them.