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Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC), a short while ago.

Sri Lanka expressed condolences on the tragic loss of life and destruction of property caused by the devastating earthquake in the Hindukush region of Afghanistan on Monday which also affected parts of India and Pakistan.

Former Sri Lankan minister Douglas Devananda is set to stand trial, through video conferencing, before a Chennai court in a 28-year-old murder case.

A mysterious chunk of space debris will hit Earth off the coast of Sri Lanka on November 13.

The “Leadership Training Programme” for university entrants will be conducted at university base, University Affairs State Minister Mohan Lal Grero said.

Indian Coast Guard Ship Samudra Prahari apprehended two Sri Lankan trawlers namely Holy Cross III and VI along with 29 Sri Lankan nationals on Saturday (24) around 4.30pm in Lakshadweep waters for poaching of endangered marine species, sea cucumber.

Former MP and Vice President of the SLFP Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman said he will resign from the SLFP and join the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) led by Anandasangaree.

Issuing a press statement Channa Wijewardena and Upuli Panibharatha yesterday rebuffed reports that said that their performing arts foundation had accepted Rs 15 million for their dance presentations at the Hambantota Harbour opening.

President Maithripala Sirisena says he would appoint a special Presidential Task Force for the protection of children of the nation.

CHENNAI: Eighty-six Tamil Nadu fishermen, who were arrested by the Sri Lankan navy in the past two months, would be released on October 28, the state government said on Sunday.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said despite the integral role played by Sri Lanka towards the establishment of the UN in 1945, the ignorant attitudes of certain politicians and other officials of the previous government placed the country on a collision path with the international community, which in turn stalled the country’s journey forward.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has reassured their support for the government to implement the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution in full with honesty and credibility.

The truth, justice, reparation and non-recurrence are the crucial words in the process in achieving true reconciliation, Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan said in Parliament yesterday.

Sri Lankan police have detained 11 people, most of them soldiers or former soldiers, in a widening probe into the disappearance of a cartoonist that has become a test case of the new government’s resolve to address human rights abuses.

MP Wimal Weerawansa has been arrested and will be produced before the Negombo Magistrate Court after a statement is recorded, Police Spokesman told media.