The mother of a young Tamil construction worker has reported him missing from Jaffna since Friday 30th June.

18-year-old Grecian Premilan from Mulankavil, Kilinochchi left work in Navanthurai, Jaffna for home on Friday evening and has not been seen since.

The Sri Lankan government will be taking steps to rehouse the families of 3650 dead Sri Lankan soldiers before President Sirisena’s term ends, the Minister of Housing and Development has said.

The minister, Sajith Premadasa, made the remarks while laying the foundation for a housing scheme for 34 dead soldiers’ families in Anamaduwa, Puttalam.

According to adaderana.lk, 34 underprivileged and homeless families will receive 15 perches of land each.

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament that he had instructed an investigation into claims of a threat to the US Embassy in Colombo.

Sri Lankan newspapers reported on the weekend that there was a threat to the US Embassy in Colombo stating that the threat was from ISIS militants.

Mr Wickrememsinghe said the newspaper claimed it has information on the threat to the US Embassy, adding that the US Embassy itself had no information of a threat. 

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A new constitution for Sri Lanka will be formulated and put to public referendum after being passed through parliament, said Sri Lanka’s co-cabinet spokesperson Dr Rajitha Senaratne.

Dr Senaratne said that the unity government was given a mandate by 6.2 million people and would respect this.

Responding to comments made by journalists regarding rejection of any new constitution by senior monks of the Buddhist clergy, Dr Senaratne said that the mandate of 6.2 million for a new constitution also includes support from Buddhist monks and leaders of other religions.

Tamils in the North-East marked Karumpuli Naal in a series of events today, commemorating the men and women of the LTTE’s Black Tigers.

Former Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa held a rally in Trincomalee on Monday.

A business delegation from Japan expressed concern on Monday to Sri Lanka's finance minister, Mangala Samaraweera over the country's frequent changes to its tax policy. 

The delegation requested that at least six months notice was given ahead of any enforcement of new tax changes, warning that such amendments had an impact on exports and would discourage investors. 

The concerns were expressed at a meeting with Mr Samaraweera on Monday, Colombo Page reported. Japan's ambassador to Sri Lanka, Kenichi Suganuma was also present. 

Sri Lankan state departments are refusing to comply with requests of information, said the Right to Information (RTI) Commission this week.

Despite the RTI Act of Sri Lanka having been passed earlier this year, the Commission said it had received several complaints that various state departments have refused to disclose information after requests have been made.

As a result, the Commission itself has had to step in and directly issue orders to departmental officers to ensure information was released.

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Colombo's High Court on Tuesday sentenced a 62 year old Tamil woman for allegedly harbouring a LTTE cadre, who targeted the current president when he was minister of acricultural development and agrarian services in 2008. 

The judge, Piyasena Ranasinghe sentenced her to two years imprisonment suspended for ten years and a fine of Rs 25,000, Colombo Page reports. 

The Sri Lankan navy on Wednesday arrested 18 local fishermen off the coast of Trincomalee. 

Accusing them of using illegal fishing nets, the navy also confiscated their fishing euipment and three dingy boats

The Assistant Director of Fisheries is reportedly looking into the matter, Adaderana reported.