Not one district is safe in the traditional homeland of the Tamils in the North and East of Sri Lanka from the religious and cultural assault from the hardline Buddhist clergy and the ever-menacing Department of Archaeology which is accused of being an agent abetting land grabs.

An attempt by the Navy to expand a camp at Kayts Island in Jaffna has been thwarted by Tamil fishermen.

Tabling the anti-terrorism bill in parliament has been postponed, said minister of justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.

Representatives of the World Bank lauded Sri Lanka’s Development Policy Operational Program for the remarkable progress it has achieved in advancing its development objectives, the President's Media Division said.

Sri Lanka will lose the compensation claim of an estimated USD 10 billion if legal action pertaining to the MV X-Press Pearl ship fire is not instituted within the next 45 days, the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) said.

The treasury is no longer able to safeguard public entities that incur losses or that have not achieved the desired goals, at a time when the country is in a severe economic crisis, said state minister of finance Shehan Semasinghe.

The US is "going to hell", Donald Trump has said in a defiant address after pleading not guilty to falsifying business records to hide damaging information ahead of the 2016 election.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has appointed a committee of senior lawyers to review the legality and the consequences of the new anti-terrorism bill.

The World Bank says Sri Lanka’s heightened fiscal, external and financial sector imbalances and its fluid political situation pose significant uncertainty for the country’s economic outlook.

The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries are reportedly exploring the creation of a common currency for trade amongst themselves.