A five member gang had robbed Rs. 3.7 million and jewellery from the branch of a state bank at Thimilaithivu in Batticaloa, police said. The gang had appeared in van with T-56 weapons and had locked the employed in a room after holding them at gun-point. 
Petroleum Minister Susil Premjayantha today reassured that there would not be a fuel price hike for the time being and he added the alleged contamination of fuel was a result of mixing fuel with rain water residue of fuel tanks at the filling stations.jpg)
An Indian national who had allegedly defrauded Rs.2.5 million from a Sri Lankan businessman by promising to grant a low-interest loan stating that he was having close relationship with President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his son Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa was remanded till July 13.jpg)
The Health Ministry will ban substandard food packaging material that changes the nature and quality of food, with effect from tomorrow
The International Cricket Council has promised a full investigation into how thousands of World Cup tickets allegedly ended up on the black market or in the hands of VIPs