A combined Army team of the Special Forces (SF) and 112 Brigade troops on the directions of General Shavendra Silva, Colonel of the regiment, SF, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army and Major General Kumara Jayapathirana, Commander, Security Forces-Central, together with Policemen and civilians yesterday morning (9) for the third consecutive day resumed search operations to trace the whereabouts of a 35-year old man who had gone missing in dense jungles around the Mini World’s End cliff area in Kotagama Grama Niladhari Division in Bibila.

Secretary General of Parliament Mr. Dhammika Dasanayake stated that Secretaries to Four Ministries and Ambassadors for two countries have been approved by the Committee on High Posts.

The government has agreed to implement necessary actions based only on scientific explanations regarding the endangered plant.

Minister of Labour, Nimal Siripala de Silva said today (09) at the Parliament, a new agreement will be signed in order to directly credit migrant workers' Employees’ Provident Fund to the Employees’ Provident Fund of Sri Lanka.