The Vavuniya prison is badly overcrowded and like a torture chamber, said a former inmate.

Several SLFP organizers were present at the launch of Humane People’s Alliance by MP Dayasiri Jayasekara despite the party having informed all its organizers not to attend the event.

The Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Mizukoshi Hideaki expressed Japan’s support for the current program aimed at rebuilding the Sri Lankan economy.

Former President Maithripala Sirisena today disclosed that he is well aware of the true perpetrators behind the Easter Sunday bombings in 2019.

SLPP national organizer Basil Rajapaksa briefed President Ranil Wickremesinghe on his party’s stand with regard to upcoming elections at a meeting yesterday (21) night.

Prof. Chandrasiri Palliyaguru, retired Senior Professor and Head of the Sinhala Department at the Sri Kelaniya University has passed away.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (22) released as many as 234 acres of land, previously held by the Jaffna Security Forces Headquarters, to farmers in the area.

High Commissioner of India Santosh Jha and Secretary to the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing W.S. Sathyananda signed and exchanged diplomatic letters on Thursday (21) to formalize the Government of India’s decision to provide an additional grant of Rs. 150 million for the construction of houses and Infrastructure facilities in Sobitha Thero Village in Anuradhapura.

Sri Lanka is close to finalising a debt treatment plan with India and the Paris Club, sources familiar with the negotiations said, pointing to a likely moratorium of up to six years and a reduced interest rate during the repayment period.

Public security minister Tiran Alles has said that there was no grounds for moving a no-faith motion against speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.