A laboratory test is yet to take place to determine the quality of the teargas being used by the police to disperse protestors.

A CID team is due to leave for Madagascar today (11) to bring back two Sri Lankan criminals under arrest in that country.

Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay and Education Minister Dr. Susil Premajayantha formally dispatched a consignment of textbooks printed with Indian support at State Printing Corporation (SPC) on March 9.

Tamil women from war-affected areas continued their vigil and protest campaign for justice for their missing children, as international women’s day was celebrated elsewhere in the world.

Public security minister Tiran Alles has been summoned to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) on March 13 reportedly to explain the crackdown on university students in the past two days.

State minister of finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya has asked the opposition to point out any expenses to be curtailed from the list of the country’s priority expenditures.

Appointing an officer accused over the Easter Sunday attacks as the police chief is a grave insult to the victims of the terror attacks, said Catholic Church spokesman Rev. Fr. Cyril Gamini.

The Narahenpita Police are investigating a fraudulent online transaction of nearly 400 US dollars using a missing credit card of Rohitha Rajapaksa, a son of former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

In the midst of daily protests by university undergraduates escalating, the government has decided against offering State sector jobs in future to those who engage in anti-

A concept paper on the formation of a ‘Jana Sabha’ system is nearing formulation by the National Movement for Social Justice led by former speaker Karu Jayasuriya.