Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Eastern, Uva, Northern, North-central, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces during the afternoon or night. Fairly heavy showers above 75mm are likely at some places.

The Examination Department says that the preliminary marking of the A/L Tamil medium answer scripts has commenced today (21).

During his address at the Business Today Top 40 Awards Ceremony at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo yesterday (20), President Ranil Wickremesinghe highlighted the need for a strong, export-oriented economy.