Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Sri Lankan authorities to punish those responsible for recent acts of violence and harassment of journalists and to ensure that the police stop harassing and intimidating reporters covering the problems that the Tamil minority still endure ten years after the end of the civil war.

Following the severe backlash received for an alleged comment made by MP Gamini Lokuge over free meals being provided for hospital patients by a Muslim charitable organisation, the parliamentarian has now denied making the comments. Instead, Lokuge is now slamming the Divaina newspaper claiming the news was fabricated.

MP Gamini Lokuge appears to have hopped on the racist anti-muslim bandwagon by attempting to cause fear and panic about free meals given to patients near several major hospitals. “Muslim organizations which provide free meals near hospitals must be looked at by officials,”

Various opinions are often shared on Sri Lankan politics.

The family of Dr. Shafi Shibadeen who was employed at the Kurunegala Base Hospital is set to file a Fundamental Rights petition on his behalf against his illegal arrest and detention without filing charges.

A special Bodhi Pooja to hope for Pohottuwa’s proposed Presidential candidate, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was held today (23) evening at the Pepiliyana Sunethradevi Rajamaha Vihara.

A new party to be named as the National Democratic Front (NDF), aimed at the presidential election, is to be formed in the coming weeks led by the United National Party.

Deeply concerned by the arrest and ongoing detention of award-winning writer Shakthika Sathkumara, the world’s leading association of writers has launched a worldwide campaign for his release.

As Facebook grapples with the spread of hate speech on its platform, it is introducing changes that limit the spread of messages in two countries where it has come under fire in recent years: Sri Lanka and Myanmar.