A request has been made to transfer the Tamil political prisoners in the Anuradhapura prison to the North to ensure their safety.

Foreign investors have been shocked by an illegal land grab attempt where the Police had forcibly entered and taken into possession a property that had been legally transferred to a foreign investment firm by the National Housing Development Authority (NHDA), it is learnt.

An International Media Policy Council for the Protection of Human Rights in the field of Communications has been established with the participation of two organisations of Sri Lankan journalists in the country and abroad.

An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the richter scale shook the state of Victoria in Australia this morning, according to media reports.

Welcoming President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's invitation to the Tamil diaspora to join in a dialogue to resolve issues as a progressive move, the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) however questioned the government's true motives behind this move when organisations such as the GTF were proscribed earlier this year.

The two small scale businessmen who were arrested by the Police even as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa claimed there is no impediment to mass protests in the country, have now been granted bail by the Courts.

Former Governor of Uva, Southern and Central Provinces Rajitha Keerthi Tennekoon claims there are plans underway to remove the Deputy Governor in charge of Foreign Exchange at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

Residents in Jaffna commemorated Rasaiah Parthipan alias Thileepan of the LTTE this week for the second time since the commencement of the Lt. Colonel Rasaiah Parthipan Memorial Week. Thileepan died in 1987 after engaging in a fast unto death campaign.

One of the island's leading healthcare associations says there are three reasons for the declining Covid-19 infections in the capital.

The government has managed to edge out the opposition by reporting better attendance scores in the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka.