Sri Lanka's President has been included in the "Press Freedom Predators" list for the year 2021 published by Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
SLPP national list parliamentarian Jayantha Ketagoda has tendered his resignation letter as an MP to the Secretary General of Parliament.
The Navy has arrested nearly 450 local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing over the past three months.
SLPP national organiser Basil Rajapaksa has conveyed to the President and the Prime Minister that he would only take oaths as an MP after he has been gazetted the relevant portfolio, informed sources said.
Civil society organisations have lodged a complaint urging the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) to intervene to put an end to all forms of torture including sexual abuse against children and women at police stations in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka has apprised the European Union (EU) of progress in specific areas of reconciliation, as part of its regular engagement and dialogue with the organisation.
SLPP National Organiser Basil Rajapaksa's entry to parliament has deepened the rift between certain factions within the ruling alliance, it is learnt.
The Chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice Karu Jayasuriya has requested President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to consider granting a presidential pardon to Ranjan Ramanayake.
Sri Lanka's largest banks are the most susceptible to heightened sovereign risk due to their higher exposure to foreign-currency denominated government securities and, in some cases, weaker capital positions, says Fitch Ratings in a new report.
A leading organisation fighting against enforced disappearances warns that the recent abduction of a social activist, carried out by a group clad in plain clothes during the night, could be the beginning of a new wave of disappearances in Sri Lanka.
