A large number of Police officers throughout the island marked their ballot papers on Friday, the day allocated on behalf of postal voting for members of the Police for the Presidential election. 

The Disaster Management Centre has called upon the residents of low lying areas affiliated to  Kelani River to be cautious due to rapidly rising water levels.

New Delhi,  f New Delhi continued to reel under bitting cold conditions as a blanket of fog affected visibility and badly hit rail operations with eight trains getting cancelled and 79 running much behind schedule.

Caracas, Venezuela's former oil czar, Rafael Ramirez, has been named the nation's envoy to the United Nations.