Veteran politician and trade unionist Bala Tampoe has been remembered at his 9th death anniversary.

Relatives of the war-missing have rejected a truth and reconciliation commission proposed by the government.

Lawyers who appear for the aggrieved parties in the court case into the alleged mass grave site at Kokkutuduwai are being threatened and intimidated by

SLFP general secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara and three other party strongmen have sent a strongly-worded letter to their leader Maithripala Sirisena,

Anura Priyadarshana Yapa has been appointed as leader of the SLPP breakaway faction of MPs masterminded by Nimal Lanza.

With no funds being allotted by the Treasury, the Sri Lanka Law College is faced with a severe financial crisis, said its principal Dr. Athula Pathinayake.

The president and the government are of the stand that all powers barring the control over land and

Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh's two-day visit to Sri Lanka beginning September 2 has been deferred due to unavoidable circumstances, a government statement said on Friday night.

Freelance Tamil journalists Antony Christopher Christiraj (left), Selvakumar Nilanthan (center), and Valasingham Krishnakumar (right), were held by a mob for five hours on August 22, 2023. (Photo : Valasingham Krishnakumar)

The Court of Appeal has issued interim orders as sought by the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) against the governor of the eastern province Senthil Thondaman in a case that challenges his orders to prevent proposed exploration for mineral sand in Trincomalee district.