Sri Lanka suffers from a continuing accountability deficit - be it for war crime atrocities, more recent human rights violations, corruption, or abuse of power - which must be addressed for the country to move forward, according to a UN Human Rights Office report published on Wednesday.

A request made to court regarding the gold, gems and other properties seized from the residence of Ibrahim Ilham Ahamed, identified as a suicide bomber in the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks, was rejected by the Fort Magistrate’s court on Wednesday (06).

Chinese enterprises from various industries have expressed their keen interest in investing in Sri Lanka, State Minister of Investment Promotion Dilum Amunugama said.

Ministers Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara issuing a joint statement yesterday (05) called for the masterminds of the Easter Sunday attack to be arrested and brought before the law.

A shortage of lenses is the latest addition to the numerous issues being claimed in the local health sector.

Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has petitioned the Supreme Court against the failure of the respondents to fully abide by an order in a previous fundamental rights case filed by the aggrieved parties in the Easter Sunday terror attacks.

Debt, a lack of education, and the ability to adapt to disasters are factors that make most Sri Lankan people feel vulnerable, says a new report, released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the University of Oxford’s Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI).

The general secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Dayasiri Jayasekara has been stripped of his party membership with immediate effect, according to a decision taken by the party’s politburo that met last night (05).

A UN study carried out over four years across the globe reveals the devastating economic impact of invasive species.

Meeting yesterday (04), ministers decided to appoint a parliamentary committee to look into a Channel 4 documentary on Easter Sunday terror attacks.