COLOMBO (News 1st): A 17-year-old boy drowned in the Katuneriya, Marawila sea. The police said that three others had accompanied the person who drowned. The missing person is a resident of Lindula.

• President Rajapaksa released from all indictments filed over D.A. Rajapaksa Memorial construction
• Gampaha district water supply to be restored
• 6 new governors sworn in
• Mahinda Rajapaksa to be sworn in as PM today
• State foreign tours temporarily suspended