The Ministry of Health has taken steps to ban all food products promoted through advertisements that include false information about their nutritional content.

The assets of Golden Key Credit Card Company is to be transferred to a new company to be formed under the Companies Act and the depositors of Golden Key will be appointed as the shareholders of the new company, according to a decision arrived at a meeting between the President and theGolden Key Depositors Association at Temple Trees today. 

The Kalpitiya police today shut down an illegal radio station that was operating without a license from the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC).

Colombo Chief Magistrate refused to grant bail to eighteen undergraduates of Inter University Students Union (IUSF) who were in remand for allegedly damaging the property of the Higher Education Ministry at Ward Place on Thursday.
 

Ratnapura District MP and popular film actor Ranjan Ramanayake has been released on bail by Kandy Additional Magistrate today. He was arrested for defrauding a women Rs. 1 million.

The federal government is monitoring a second boatload of Sri Lankan migrants preparing to head for Canada, and has stepped up its co-operation with other countries against human smugglers, The Globe and Mail said.

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) today stressed that there was no necessity to allow male nurses in labor rooms as female patients felt uncomfortable and that the patients should have the ability to choose whether or not to allow male nurses.

Over 4,000 former Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka have been rehabilitated and reintegrated in the society, officials said Saturday.

The Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) said that they will be staging protests in front of all the universities countrywide on October 19, 20 and 21 in objection to the arrest of the 21 students at the Higher Education ministry last Thursday.

A train traveling from Aluthgama to Colombo derailed in Slave Island around midday today after a compartment of the train crashed against a wall.

A father of a female TV presenter had lodged a complaint with the Children and Women’s Bureau alleging that his daughter’s Facebook profile had been copied and distortedly published on another website causing damage to her reputation.

Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka had ordered the CEB to conduct an immediate inquiry into the alleged power failure which occurred at the Court today where the trial at bar against former army commander Sarath Fonseka in the “white flag case” was being heard.

The Japanese government further relaxed its travel advisory on its national’s visiting the Northern provinces of Sri Lanka today. The security cautionary level in Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya and Mannar cities were reduced on par with the city of Colombo, an embassy statement said

The Kandy Magistrate remanded UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayaka till October 18th for defrauding a lady teacher Rs. One million promising marriage.

Deputy Minister of Higher Education Nandimithra Ekanayaka told the Daily Mirror a short while ago that the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) was propelled into action by the JVP since the power of the opposition was waning. He made this statement in reference to the clash at the Ministry of Higher Education yesterday.

The Engineering faculty of the University of Peradeniya was closed indefinitely until further notice as students were not attending lectures, Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. S.B.S.Abayakoon told Daily Mirror online.

The Power and Energy Ministry today introduced a star rating system and Energy Conservation Label for electrical equipments including fluorescent bulbs, refrigerators, air-conditioners and fans in a bit to save a minimum Rs. 10 billion a year for the CEB.

Sri Lankan star boxer Manju Wanniarachchi bagged the gold medal in the 56kg weight category class at the Commonwealth Games being held in New Delhi.

The Police Department introduced an online system today for the public to lodge complaints through an e-mail directly to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mahinda Balasuriya, it will commence operations from October 18.

The first of the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for more than two months has arrived to the surface, CNN said.