Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa was also present at a rugby match for the Kalinga Indatissa Challenge Trophy played at Havelock Grounds in Colombo yesterday.

We're back in familiar territory - growing concern about a new variant of coronavirus.

The latest is the most heavily mutated version discovered so far - and it has such a long list of mutations that it was described by one scientist as "horrific", while another told me it was the worst variant they'd seen.

The main suspect of the murder of "Sunshine Suddha" and several other murders Hewalunuwilage Lasantha alias "Tinkar Lasantha" was killed by police during an operation due to a counter shooting.

The suspect, who was wanted by the police in connection with several other crimes, was arrested in the Diyagama area in Kalutara and taken away by the police to find his hidden weapons.

The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers' Association states that the 'work to rule' trade union action is only a beginning and that the union has two more steps to take.

"Remember, two thirds of the government is on SLFP MPs."

Former President Maithripala Sirisena said in parliament today that the two-thirds majority in the government is in the hands of SLFP MPs.

At least 27 people headed for the UK have drowned in the English Channel near Calais after their boat sank.

The International Organization for Migration said it was the biggest single loss of life in the Channel since it began collecting data in 2014.

Trincomalee - Civil society organizations have decided to close shops in Kinniya today to mourn the tragic death of six people when the ferry capsized in the Kurinchakarni area in the Kinniya Lagoon.

Our Kinniya correspondent stated that a request has been made not to teach in schools in Kinniya today.