A former LTTE cadre received a life sentence on Tuesday under Sri Lanka's notorious Prevention of Terrorism Act, for allegedly recruiting 'child soldiers'. 

Mr Kannadasan lawyer questioned how he could be prosecuted as he had undergone the government's 'rehabilitation programme' following the end of the armed conflict.

Sri Lanka’s Presidential Commission of Inquiry has summoned for hearing in relation to alleged treasury bond scams that saw billions of rupees swindled from public funds.

The commission ordered the former Finance Minister and current Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake to attend a hearing on Monday.

Mr Karunanayake informed the commission he was unable to attend the summons on short notice due to official duties.

The 55 Tamil detainees, including prominent political prisoners, killed by Sinhalese inmates at the Welikada prison in 1983 were remembered in Jaffna on Tuesday.

Sri Lankan soldiers at the Combat Training School (CTS) in Amparai, announced the opening of a new herbal garden inside the military headquarters on Saturday.

The former Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapaksa condemned the Office of the Missing Persons Act, as a step to prosecute the country's armed forces, Ceylon Today reported. 

In a letter to the senior Buddhist clergy, Mr Rajapaksa urged them to take action on what he described as "acts of betrayal being committed under the guise of promoting reconciliation". 

Sri Lanka received its largest warship to date from India, SLNS Sayurala. 

The ship was handed over during a special ceremony on July 22nd, with the India's High Commissioner to the island, Chitranganee Wagiswara present. 

The ship includes a landing and hangar facility for an Advanced Light Helicopter, the Sunday Times reported. 

Sri Lanka's Cabinet on Tuesday approved leasing Hambantota port to China Merchant Port Holdings, following months of delays. 

The approval was announced by the ports and shipping minister, Mahinda Samarasinghe, the Daily Mirror reported. However, it now needs to be approved by parliament. 

The main suspect in the suspected assassination of the Jaffna High Court judge Ilancheliyan was arrested by Sri Lankan police on Tuesday morning. 

The suspect, identified as 39 year old Selvarasa Jayandan reportedly surrendered to Jaffna police station. 

Whilst the judge escaped unharmed, his police escort was injured during the incident and later died from his wounds. 
 

The Sri Lankan government has renewed the employment of the man who ran the island’s “most notorious torture site” in a move that shows “utter disdain for victims of torture and the UN system,” said the International Tr

Batticaloa lawyers protested and joined their colleagues across the North-East in boycotting court proceedings on Monday.

The Sri Lankan Army's Mannar-based 542 Brigade held a blood donation event at the Murunkan Hospital on Sunday.

Hospital sources said that the donation was not requested by the hospital itself but that the event was initiated and organised by the brigade's commander.

Black July remembrance events took place on Sunday organised by the Tamil National People's Front.

Members and supporters of the party, as well as survivors of the pogrom and family members of victims participated in events in Batticaloa and in Jaffna.

A Tamil youth has died on Monday and another seriously injured in Batticaloa after running from Special Task Forces firing shots in the air.

Brothers, 17-year-old Sathakaran Mathushan and 18-year-old Sathakaran Kishanthan were reportedly loading sand into a tractor on the banks of the Munthankumaraveli River when approached by Special Task Force troops, who immediately started firing shots in the air to scare and disperse the youngsters.

Sri Lanka's Minister of Ports and Shipping, Mahinda Samarasinghe announced this month that the government would be commencing on a three year plan to develop Trincomalee harbour. 

The harbour's current four terminals would be developed for commercial ventures, the minister added.