MP Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thero has lodged a written complaint with Acting IGP C.D. Wickremaratne against the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
Civil Society groups against President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to execute by hanging four unnamed death row inmates has organized a protest against the move today.
The statements made by the Asgiriya prelate, Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Thera calling on the people to boycott Muslim businesses and advocating the stoning of Muslims has been condemned by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.
The case against Kurunegala Hospital’s Dr Shafi was called before the Kurunegala Magistrates' Court for its first hearing yesterday (27) afternoon.
Sri Lanka's military used captured young women as sex slaves in the aftermath of its bloody war against Tamil Tigers, according to fresh allegations filed in a US court.
Sri Lanka is moving towards resuming executions, which would bring an end to its 43-year moratorium on the death penalty.
UPFA MP and Pohottuwa's Badulla district leader, Kumara Welgama, who has been highly critical of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, visited the Sri Lanka Freedom Party headquarters after a long hiatus yesterday (26).
The move by the Wennappuwa Pradeshiya Sabha to remove Muslim vendors from the Dankotuwa fair has become a controversial topic on social media outlets.
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.
