A 22 year old woman from Switzerland was reportedly raped in Anuradhapura by a three-wheel driver on July 27. 

According to the Sunday Times when the victim presented at Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital for medical assistance, there was only a male Judicial Medical Officer working at the time and therefore she declined an examination. 

"In disgust" the paper reported, the woman left Sri Lanka along with three of her friends the following day. 

Sri Lanka's Minister of Port and Shipping, Mahinda Samarasinghe on Saturday presented the Hambantota Port agreement to senior Buddhist clergy, assuring them the government was not handing over parts of the island to China. 

The port is being leased for 99 years, the minister told the prelates. 

The TNA leader, R Sampanthan celebrated 40 years of Ranil Wickremesinghe's parliamentary career this week during a ceremony in parliament to mark the occasion. 

The Chief of Sri Lanka’s army has pledged he would protect those who “fought bravely” in the military and that “murderers” would be punished, in a speech in Kandy this week.

"Those who fought the war will not be punished,” said army chief Mahesh Senanayake.

“Not a single soldier who fought bravely has been punished, nor will they be allowed to be penalised because we have not committed any offences".

Hundreds of Sri Lankan soldiers and Civil Security Department members were involved in cleaning up shrubs and wild plants from around Mallavi hospital last month.

Five Sri Lankan soldiers remanded in connection with the 1997 abduction and murder of two Tamil youths in Siruppiddy have been granted bail on the order of the Court of Appeal.

The five suspects had their remand extended after eleven other suspects in the case were acquitted at the Attorney-general’s advice in March.

Over 200 Special Task Force troops and police officers have been deployed to the Vadamaradchi town of Thunnalai, resulting in two arrests and the seizure of several vehicles.

Last month a Tamil man from Thunnalai was shot and killed by Sri Lankan police, resulting in protests and tensions boiling over between locals and police across the Vadamaradchi region.

Seven unexploded mortar shells and a range of other weapons allegedly used by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have been discovered at an abandoned outpost in Mannar, reports Adaderana.lk.

Officials of Adampan Police said the weapons were recovered using intelligence from Sri Lanka’s Air Force.

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ravi Karunanayake has denied allegations that he was asked to resign by President Maithripala Sirisena in relation to corruption allegations.

“The reports and rumours that I have been asked to resign from my post is utter nonsense,” Mr Karunanayake told reporters.

Mothers of the disappeared protesting in Mullaitivu marked 150 days since they began their campaign on Friday.

Troops from Sri Lanka’s security forces held a ‘basketball coaching academy’ for youth in Kilinochchi last month, as the military continues to involve itself in civilian activities in the North-East.

Two Sri Lankan policemen have been arrested for the theft of gold worth over 10 million rupees in Mannar.

The Island reports the two policemen had reportedly robbed 16 gold biscuits from a businessman in Pesalai last month.

Sri Lanka's election monitors threatened legal action of the government's decision to postpone elections in Provincial Councils. 

Elections were due to be held in the Eastern, North-Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces in October this year, however, the government announced last month that it would be postponing them until it was able to hold all provincial council elections on one day. 

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court ruled this week that the Inland Revenue bill the government was hoping to table this month is 'inconsistent' with the constitution, the Daily Mirror reported. 

Passing the bill would require amendments or a referendum to be passed in parliament, the Speaker of the House Karu Jayasuriya told parliament today.