The Navy apprehended 26 persons along with a dinghy and a local multiday fishing trawler, during a patrol and search operation conducted off Veththalakerni in northern waters on 15th and 16th September 2022. The group of individuals are suspected to be on an illegal migration attempt to a foreign country via sea, when they were apprehended by the Navy.

Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Speaker of Parliament endorsed the certificate on three Bills Sep;(16). Accordingly, two Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Bills (130 and 132) and the Termination of Employment of Workmen (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Bill received the assent of the Hon. Speaker.

The Acting Registrar of Pesticides, Office of the Registrar of Pesticides, Mr. Lasantha Ratnaweera, pointed out that the news published in the Sunday Mawbima and Sunday Aruna newspapers claiming that poisoned rice was imported to Sri Lanka, is completely false and baseless.