Court told Yoshitha Rajapaksa received Rs 5.15 million in Navy salary, allowances

COLOMBO, Oct. 15 -- Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, received a total of Rs 5.15 million in salary and allowances during his 10 years of service in the Sri Lanka Navy, th... Read More

Buddhist monks stage protest outside Presidential Secretariat, demand Gnanasara Thera's release

COLOMBO, Oct. 15 -- Buddhist monks staged a protest outside the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on Thursday (15), demanding written assurances from President Anura Kumara Dissanayake that Bodu Bal... Read More

HRCSL finds Kalmunai hospital violated rights of six Muslim women

Sri Lanka, Oct. 12 -- COLOMBO -The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has found that the administration of the Kalmunai Base Hospital (Kalmunai North) violated the fundamental rights of six ... Read More

Monks' foot march for Gnanasara Thera heads towards Colombo

Sri Lanka, Oct. 12 -- COLOMBO - A foot march organized by a group of Buddhist monks in protest against the removal of the robes of imprisoned Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Athth... Read More

Media organizations condemn hate campaign against Sandhya Eknaligoda

Sri Lanka, Oct. 12 -- COLOMBO -A coalition of Sri Lankan media organizations has condemned what it describes as a "defamatory and potentially violence-inciting campaign" targeting Sandhya Eknaligoda, ... Read More

Shiranthi Rajapaksa admitted to National Hospital cardiology unit

Sri Lanka, Oct. 12 -- COLOMBO - Former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, who is in remand custody at Welikada Prison, has been admitted to the Cardiology Unit of the National Hospital of Sri Lanka in Co... Read More

SriLankan Airlines suspends Dammam-Colombo flights until Oct 18

Sri Lanka, Oct. 12 -- COLOMBO - SriLankan Airlines has temporarily suspended all flights between Dammam in Saudi Arabia and Colombo until October 18, 2026, citing the prevailing security situation in ... Read More

Fake FB accounts used to spread hate, Minister tells Parliament

COLOMBO, Oct. 9 -- Fake Facebook accounts created both in Sri Lanka and overseas are being used to spread hate speech aimed at provoking tensions between ethnic communities, Minister of Public Securit... Read More

Cabraal withdraws Supreme Court appeal in Greek Bond case

COLOMBO, Oct. 9 -- Former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal has withdrawn his Supreme Court appeal seeking to be discharged from a case over an alleged Rs 1.8 billion loss to the government a... Read More

51 MPs seek parliamentary probe into Black July riots

COLOMBO, Oct. 9 -- Fifty-one government MPs have called for a parliamentary select committee to investigate the anti-Tamil violence of July 1983, known as Black July, and recommend further action to P... Read More

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