A Buddhist monk accused the Sinhala Buddhist extremist organisation Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) of assaulting him for preaching ethnic harmony among communities.

The US embassy in Sri Lanka has provided Sri Lanka’s Department of Archaeology with a $40,120 grant for the “conservation of archaeological materials”.

Speaking at the Jaffna Press Club last week, Tamil National Alliance’s candidate for the Jaffna district, Ananthy Sasitharan, expressed her desire to meet with Navi Pillay, and outline the harsh realities of the situation in the North-East, and reiterated that th

External Affairs Minister GL Peiris is due to arrive in India today to invite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the Commonwealth heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka later this year.

Tamil Nadu opposition leader M Karunanidhi has warned of protests and blockades if Singh does not declare a boycott of the event.

The Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) verified an incident of election related violence on Saturday.

A group of five Tamil National Alliance (TNA) supporters were arrested after putting up posters in support of the Vavuniya District candidate, M.M Rathan.

The Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister GL Peiris said that the country’s hosting of the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is a triumph for Sri Lanka’s foreign policy.

Defence Secretary,Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, challenged the United Nations to provide evidence used in the reports that found that at least 40,000 Tamil civilians were killed during the final stages of the war. 

The Ministry of Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs is goig to introduce a law to outlaw the publication of the “original teachings and traditions” of major religions.

 Magistrate Namal Perera ordered that a sign board erected in front of a mosque that reads, ‘Mosque ahead – Keep silence’ be removed within 14 days.