Minister of Public Enterprise, Kandyan Heritage and Kandy Development and Leader of the House of Parliament, Lakshman Kiriella has dismissed the claim by Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary, MP Dayasiri Jayasekara that appearing before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) probing the Easter Sunday attacks would be sub judice.

The controversy surrounding the exact number of cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who surrendered to the Sri Lanka Army during the final stages of the war, has resurfaced with the claim by Sri Lanka Army that LTTE cadres had not surrendered to them while families of missing LTTE cadres claim that it was only the military on the ground during the last stages of the war.

Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has made several arguments as to why the case filed against him by Ms. Ahimsa Wickrematunge in the United States (US) should be dismissed which include the claim that he was no longer a US citizen and that he could claim diplomatic immunity since the actions in question were during his tenure as Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is said to have informed three Ministers separately to prepare themselves to contest as the United National Front's (UNF) presidential candidate, The Leader reliably learns.

The validity of the findings of the committee appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena to probe the Easter Sunday attacks is now in doubt due to the legal concerns over the appointment of the committee in the first place.

Students in Sri Lanka's education system are being ridiculed and are facing 'punishment' for using stationary produced by a firm caught in an anti-Muslim boycott, an official said.

Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has warned the Acting Chief of Police against arbitrary and illegal arrests being carried out by the Police following the April 21 attacks.

The Colombo District Court complex is in a severely dilapidated state and is on the verge of collapse in some areas.