Ramzy Razeek, a social media commentator, has been released from a case filed under the ICCPR.

Leader of Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Udaya Gammanpila has said the government will not meet the IMF’s condition of setting up a website to reveal information on all its dealings.

Foreign minister Ali Sabry has been accused of nepotism after a picture showed his son with the Sri Lankan delegation to the 78th UN General Assembly in New York.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that a new law will be introduced to transform the Port City into the Colombo Financial Zone, granting it jurisdiction over offshore activities. This legislation is expected to be enacted by the end of the year, he said.

Chair of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Economic and Physical Plans Mahindananda Aluthgamage emphasized the need to establish a dedicated unit for overseeing institutions responsible for generating tax revenue, including the Inland Revenue Department.

A government by the SJB will revise the agreement with the IMF to favour the masses, said opposition leader Sajith Premadasa.

The Sri Lankan government’s ongoing abuses are undermining the purported goals of its newly proposed truth and reconciliation commission, Human Rights Watch said in a report.

A Buddhist monk has once again been accused of grabbing land owned by Muslims in the eastern province.

A motorcade to remember LTTE member Rasiah Parthipan alias ‘Thileepan’, who died while on a hunger-strike 36 years ago, reached its destination in Jaffna yesterday (25).

A lady doctor attached to Kandy National Hospital lost her life while saving the life of a critically ill two-month-old infant.