The Sri Lankan Navy arrested four Indian fishermen along with their boat in the Mannar Sea yesterday, alleging that they had trespassed into Sri Lankan waters and engaged in illegal fishing.

A case is set to be filed against Sri Lankan authorities over the poor reconstruction of the Maruthankerny-Paruthithurai Road in the Northern Province, despite over Rs. 80.2 million being allocated on a one-kilometre section of the project.

Sinn Féin leaders have announced that they will not be traveling to Washington DC for St Patrick’s Day events at the White House in protest over Donald Trump’s position on Gaza. 

Addressing a news conference, Sinn Féin party leader Mary Lou McDonald said she could not visit Washington “while there was a threat of mass expulsion hanging over the Palestinian people”. 

The Vavuniya High Court has sentenced former Senior Deputy Inspector General (SDIG) of the Sabaragamuwa Province, Lalith Jayasinghe, to four years of rigorous imprisonment for aiding the escape of a key suspect in the gang rape and murder of 18-year-old schoolgirl Sivaloganathan Vithiya in Pungudutivu, Jaffna, in 2015.

Two off-duty police officers in Eravur assaulted a businessman under the influence of alcohol, leading to serious injuries, and later evaded custody

TNPF leaders and journalists were summoned by Sri Lankan police for questioning over their protest against the illegal Tissa Vihara in Thellippalai, with former MP Selvarajah Kajendran vowing to continue demonstrations until the land is returned to its rightful owners

Activists in London have expressed their outrage, after controversial singer Yohani, who has praised Sri Lankan war criminals responsible for killing Tamils, looks to perform at a Tamil-owned venue in London on Friday.

Tamil families of the disappeared marked eight years of continuous roadside protests in Kilinochchi today, as they continue to search for their relatives who were forcibly disappeared by the Sri Lanka's security forces. 

In a press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva UNHCR spokesperson, Matthew Saltmarsh, reported that between 10,000 - 15,000 people have fled escalating violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and crossed into Burundi.