Commander of the Army General Jagath Jayasuriya says the public must protect the soldiers who made sacrifices for the nation.

He made these comments while visiting soldiers at the Abhimansala resort in Anuradhapura today.

General Jagath Jayasuriya during the interaction said that it is the responsibility of the public too to take care of the heroes who have sacrificed their legs and limbs on behalf of the nation. He shared a cup of tea with these inmates talking to them and listing to their concerns, the army media un

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has launched its first monthly tabloid newspaper The Bar Reporter.

The Bar Reporter was released at a ceremony held in Colombo last Friday.

BASL President, Upul Jayasuriya presented the first copy of the newspaper to Chief Guest, senior President's Counsel and a former Bar Association President N.M.R. Daluwatte.

Editor of the newspaper, S.P. Sriskantha has said the main aim of the newspaper is to help build public opinion in the long term.

Former Sri Lankan athlete Susanthika Jayasinghe has been appointed as a committee member of the Asian Women’s Athletics Association.

Susanthika was the first Sri Lankan to win an Olympic medal in 2000 in the women's 200 m event.

It has been reported that the student who was assaulted by the principal of a school in Horana has been imposed with further threats.

Speaking to NewsFirst, the student's father alleged  that the threats were imposed on her son by a person who visited him while he was admitted in hospital. According to him, he was discharged from hospital owing to these threats.

A principal who was receiving training at the Rantambe training camp has died Sunday morning.Director of the National Cadet Co, retired Major General Gamini Jayasundara said that the principal had taken ill while engaging in physical training Sunday morning and was taken to the Mahiyangana Hospital.
Major General Gamini Jayasundara said that principal had passed away at the hospital. The deceased is  a fifty-three-year-old, principal of the Sri Pannananda School in Kotugoda, Raddolugama, Negombo.The commandant of the Rantambe T

The Colombo Magistrate's Court yesterday issued notices on Shyamali P. Perera, the wife of former DIG Vass Gunawardena, for allegedly threatening a witness in the Mohamed Shyam murder case. The notice was issued by Magistrate Mohammad Shahabuddin, when ASP Shani Abeysekera of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) informed Courts that Shyamali P. Perera has threatened the wife of police officer, Sanath Chandrasiri, who is under detention over the incident.

Sri Lankan defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse recently justified the continued involvement of the military in the country’s internal affairs by pointing to various “threats” facing the government, including mass social unrest and “terrorism”.
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Rajapakse, who is President Mahinda Rajapakse’s brother, made his remarks in a June 13 lecture entitled “Sri

Dharmalingam Siththarthan, the Leader of the People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), a former militant who embraced democratic politics consequent to the signing of the Indo-Lanka Accord told the Daily Mirror that the Provincial Council system introduced under the Accord should not be weakened despite it being inadequate in addressing the aspirations of Tamil people. During the war PLOTE was an organisation that was opposed to the LTTE. After the end of the war, the PLOTE, however, teamed up with the Tamil National

As the population of Muslim IDPs in Puttalam expands, the community is finding it harder to cope in increasingly afflictive surroundings. The question of resettlement remains pronounced as the burgeoning population of 250,000 – according to Colombo-based NGO Law and Society Trust – desperately scrape for resources. Over the last 25 years, the IDPs have made Puttalam their home despite the appalling infrastructure provided by the government.

A Division Bench comprising Justices Elipe Dharma Rao and M. Venugopal dismissed writ petitions filed by MDMK founder-leader Vaiko and the Prisoners’ Rights Forum, who challenged the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal’s order on November 12, 2010.

The Tribunal had confirmed the notification issued by the Home Ministry banning the LTTE on May 14, 2010.