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Malaysian police said on Friday they had arrested four foreign nationals suspected of having links to Sri Lanka’s defeated separatist Tamil Tigers, the second such detention aimed at the group’s militants in the southeast Asian country. The four are believed to be senior members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, also known as the […]

The unloading and storing of refined crude oil was halted yesterday due to a pipeline bursting off the buoy located in the sea off the coast of Uswetakeiyawa. […]

Britain said that any visa application from Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera of Bodu Bala Sena would be considered in accordance with the Immigration Rules. […]

A motorcyclist who entered the Katunayake expressway defying police warning died due to an accident injuring one at Wattala – Police […]

The Human Rights Watch has asked Sri Lanka not to deport members of Pakistan’s minority Ahmadiyya community until the U.N. refugee agency had full access to them and determined their need for international protection. […]

Tony Abbott refused to answer questions over the fate of two boatloads of asylum seekers on Thursday but said: “I want to make this observation, Sri Lanka is not everyone’s idea of an ideal society, but it is at peace.” […]

General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) Ven. Galabodaatta Gnanasara yesterday alleged that SLMC could be behind religious violence. […]

A man(35) has been arrested over the alleged murder of his daughter(7) and son(3) in Meeoyawatta, Yatiyantota, Police said today. The bodies of the children were found hanging at their line house and the father was arrested with multiple cut wound believed to be self inflicted while attempting to commit suicide. […]

The Sri Lankan military says it has not intercepted a boatload of Tamil asylum seekers bound for Australia refuting reports the Sri Lankan Navy were preparing to pick them up mid-ocean. […]

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) yesterday admonished the government, the Opposition and the police, to not touch them, as it would be a move tantamount to digging their own grave. […]

A police sergeant attached to the Kurunegala Police has been hospitalised after he shot himself in the head, using a service pistol, inside the bathroom of the police station this morning. […]

Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday has denied any involvement with the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), or any fringe organizations as alleged. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa made an inspection tour to Beruwala and Aluthgama areas to inspect rebuilding and renovation of areas affected by the recent clashes in Aluthgama and Beruwala which are being successfully carried out under guidance of Sri Lanka Army. […]

Badulla District UNP MP, Harin Fernando said at a meeting with the party activists yesterday that he would contest for the Uva Province Chief Minister’s post. He said it was 99% sure. The final decision would be taken at the meeting on June 30 with the party leaders, he said. […]

The three-member panel appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to probe alleged human rights abuses in Sri Lanka is yet to seek entry into the country. A Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson said that the team has not yet asked for approval to visit the island. […]