The Election Commission said that around 200,000 officials and staff would be deployed for election duties for the general election scheduled to be held on April 25^th.

The haul of heroin and crystal methamphetamine worth approximately Rs. 6,000 million along with the suspects and fishing vessels in connection to it, seized after a successful naval operation in high seas about 600 nautical miles (1111km) away from Sri Lankan shores, were escorted to Dikovita fisheries harbour  

The Water Supply and Drainage Board currently supplied water to 2.4 million commuters covering 41% of the Sri Lankan population, while an additional 110,000 new domestic drinking water connections have been added on. 

Licenses are being issued for private broadcasting stations in terms of the provisions of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Cooperation Act No. 37 of 1966 and Sri Lanka Rupavahini Cooperation Act No. 6 of 1982 for maintaining broadcasting and telecasting licenses.