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CEB moves fast to meet demand due to record heat,
drought:
Consumption up 30% last three months:
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is moving quickly to double the
national buffer stock of electricity to 4,600 Mw from 2,300 Mw to
provide uninterrupted supply even if there is a failure in the major
power generation stations. The present buffer stock is 2,300 Mw.
Largest heroin haul:
Investigations are under way to arrest the suspects in connection
with the heroin haul where over 100 kilograms of heroin were
confiscated on the high seas, according to the Sri Lankan Navy. The
joint operation was coordinated by the Police Narcotics Bureau and
the Sri Lanka Navy.
Finance Ministry to report to PM:
The Project Management and Monitoring Department of the Finance
Ministry will submit a report to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
next week on the status of State-owned Enterprises on preparing the
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the first quarter of the year.
After CID grilling:
A full inquiry needs to be conducted on the recent discovery of
explosives and the suicide vest found in Chavakachcheri, without
simply dismissing the threat to national security, Prof. G.L. Peiris
told the Sunday Observer shortly after making a statement to the
Criminal Investigation Department yesterday.
Amaraweera demands:
The responsibility of restraining Indian fishermen encroaching Sri
Lankan seas lies with India. However, if Indian fishermen are ready
to give up bottom trawling, Sri Lanka would permit Indians to fish
in the country’s territorial waters to a certain extent.
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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is shcheduled to make an official visit to China from April 6 to 9, at the invitation of Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang. Premier Wickremesinghe will meet Chinese leaders,
The murder investigation of Lasantha Wickrematunge, the founder editor of the Sunday Leader is to be completed in the coming weeks, after several snags that delayed the process. 
GCE Ordinary Level 2015 results were out yesterday. Commissioner General of Examinations stated Results could be accessed on the internet on www.doenets.lk.
Sri Lanka has agreed to send more workers to South Korea. Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Thalatha Atukorale made the offer during talks with South Korean, 
Sri Lanka has succeeded in winning back the international community and this was clearly shown by the way the country was treated at the recent UN Human Rights Council sessions, said Skills Development Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe.
The statements to the Inspector General of Police by two eye-witnesses to the accident and the three MPs urging the police to conduct an impartial inquiry into the accident where Minister Champika Ranawaka
General Secretary of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and former Cabinet Minister Prof. Wiswa Warnapala passed away at a private hospital in Colombo yesterday. He was 79 at the time of his demise.
Veteran journalist and lyricist Dr. Ajantha Ranasinghe passed away yesterday around 1.30pm at the Colombo National Hospital after a brief illness, at the age of 76.
President Maitripala Sirisena in a statement to the media during his visit to Austria said Sri Lanka and Austria would work closely to ensure that both countries benefit from the changes taking place in Sri Lanka and from the peace dividend. 
