Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) parliamentarian Tissa Kuttiarachchi says that Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) General Secretary Joseph Stalin should be punished using mediveal torture methods.
Sri Lankan fishermen on Sunday (17) launched a protest boat rally in the northern seas to demand actions to stop the alleged poaching incidents by Indian fishermen in the country’s territorial waters.
Bandula Warnapura, who led Sri Lanka in their maiden Test, passed away on Monday (October 18) while receiving treatment in a private hospital. The 68-year-old played four Tests and 12 ODIs for his country.
Recalling President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's speech on the occasion of the 72nd Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Army, the Chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ) Karu Jayasuriya says that the time has arrived for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to deliver on his promises.
Five prison officers at the Angunukolapelessa prison have been suspended for their alleged involvement in a brutal assault of inmates last week.
The Court of Appeal ordered for notice to be served on the Attorney General Sanjay Rajaratnam and former Navy chief Wasantha Karannagoda to appear in court on October 29 over the former's decision to not press charges over the abduction and enforced disappearance of 11 youth.
Ten Tamils, including women, who were arrested five months ago for commemorating the war dead, were ordered to be further remanded.
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is planning to launch protests against the government after being accused of not intervening to solve problems of the oppressed people in the North.
The Supreme Court yesterday granted leave to hear a fundamental rights petition filed by former Western Province Governor Azath Salley seeking his release.
