IGP T.M.W. Deshabandhu Tennakoon has been informed to be present before the ‘Committee of Inquiry to inquire and report its findings on IGP T.M.W. Deshabandhu Tennakoon in respect of acts of gross abuse of power’ on the 19th of May 2025.

This Committee met in the Parliament premises on several occasions as of now, and accordingly, for the first time, IGP T.M.W. Deshabandhu Tennakoon has been informed by the Committee, to appear before it,  for future investigations.

Black smoke emerged from the chimney in the Vatican earlier, indicating no new pope has been elected yet

Many people have cleared out from St Peter’s Square in the Vatican, as there was several hours to wait before the third vote of the day is due.

Before the crowds eased, people were gathered in the hundreds excitedly awaiting the smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney:

We weren’t the only ones with our eyes glued to a feed of the Sistine Chapel chimney [BBC]

It was seemingly a moment of joy and anticipation for many of the faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square [BBC]

The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the resolution furnished by the Prime Minister in her capacity as the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education to appoint Mrs. A. K. Subhashini Indika Kumari Liyanage, an officer in the special grade in Sri Lanka Educational Administrative Service and currently serving in a post of Commissioner in the Department of Examinations of Sri Lanka to the  post of Commissioner General of Examinations with immediate effect.