A global group for legal professionals, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), joined the growing condemnation of the Sri Lankan Government’s intimidation and harassment of human rights advocates.

Former Army General and presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka, was produced before a secret court martial and charged with preparing to challenge President Rajapakse in the January presidential election, whilst in the army and violating regulations for purchasing military equipments during the war.

Sri Lankan officials have been in talks with EU officials in Brussels, in an attempt to reverse the decision to withdraw GSP+.

CHINA has loaned US$290 million (S$405 million) to the Sri Lankan government to build an airport and expand the island's railway network, according to Sri Lanka's foreign ministry.

There is little doubt the war crimes issue would have any impact on this parliamentary election. The April 8 election has nothing serious on its platforms. It’s all about athletes, film stars, cricketers, journalists and also lumpens, and more about these “wonderful” personalities.

Sri Lanka's Election Commission has turned down the demand for presence of foreign poll observers at the counting centres for the upcoming parliamentary polls.

Eelam Tamils in Italy successfully conducted a referendum on independent and sovereign Tamil Eelam and simultaneously elected a 20-member country council Sunday. 98.8 percent of those who voted said 'yes' to Tamil Eelam in a turnout of around 75 percent of eligible Eelam Tamil voters in Italy, the organisers of the polls said.

Transparency International (TI), a global NGO campaigning against corruption, expressed serious and grave concerns about the safety of the director of its Sri Lankan opearations, Mr J. C. Weliamuna.

Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse has claimed that constitutionally he is above the law.

Dozens of unidentified men pelted stones at the headquarters of a private television station sympathetic to the opposition UNP in Sri Lanka's capital, causing damage to the building, police said.

Sri Lanka dismissed a U.S. State Department report accusing it of violating citizens' rights, saying the allegations were unsubstantiated and based on reports by unnamed sources.

Sutirtho Patranobis reports on the plight of IDPs the Sri Lankan Government claims have been resettled.

Federal solution based on shared sovereignty and right to self-determination in a contiguous north and east of Sri Lanka was the highlight of the TNA manifesto released on Friday, March 12, leading to international media, claiming the party has dropped its demand for statehood for Tamils.

Sri Lanka is the only country added on the annual human rights report by Britain this year as a country of concern by the Foreign Affairs Committee, according to British Foreign Office.