TWO men claimed trial in Malaysia on Friday to charges of rioting and causing injury after they were nabbed over the assault of Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to the country.

Sri Lanka is targeting at least 300,000 Chinese tourists this year as China has now become the largest market for tourist arrivals in the island nation, the Tourism Ministry said on Friday.

Two men were charged in the Sepang Sessions Court today with rioting and causing hurt on Sri Lanka High Commissioner in Malaysia Ibrahim Sahib Ansar on Sunday.

Former MP Duminda Silva and four others were sentenced to death by Colombo High Court a short while ago over the killing of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra.

The brazen invasion of Sri Lankan airspace by Indian Air Force jets and transport aircraft on June 4, 1987, enraged Sri Lankan army officers who were, at that time, doggedly and successfully carrying out “Operation Liberation” against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the Vadamarachchi region of Jaffna peninsula.

Astrologer Wijemuni Vijitha Rohana de Silva said yesterday that the CID wanted to record a statement from him over a video released by him forecasting the future of President Maithripala Sirisena and said an astrologer should have the freedom to carry out his work independently.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sri Lanka in May 2017, Sri Lankan Health Minister and Cabinet spokesperson Rajitha Senaratne said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told the United National Party (UNP) that someone from the second level leadership should take over the party before long, party sources said.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Sri Lanka free of malaria, hailing it as a “remarkable public health achievement” for the Indian Ocean island, once one of the most affected nations in the world.

The Ministry of Higher Education is taking steps to establish an Engineering Faculty at the University of Sri Jayawardenepura.

The Forensic Video and Surveillance Technology Laboratory – British Columbia Laboratory in Canada has informed the Colombo Magistrate Court that the CCTV footage in connection with the murder of rugger player Mohammed Thajudeen were not clear…

Former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday dubbed as “one against the government” the attack on Sri Lankan envoy in Malaysia who was mobbed by a group of protesters allegedly linked to the LTTE for hosting him.

A Malaysian diplomat and his wife treated a Sri Lankan national virtually as a slave, making her work 15-plus hours a day for no more than $1.71 per hour — “when she was paid at all,” according to a new lawsuit.

President Maithripala Sirisena said that the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) will contest the upcoming local government polls under the SLFP’s traditional ‘hand’ symbol.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday the government was working towards introducing a pay hike to the working class, and also to provide employment opportunities to the youth.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms reports that Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Malaysia had been assaulted by a group of persons at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport yesterday, 4 September 2016.