Sri Lankan Tamil migrants residing in Australian suburb Sunshine located in Melbourne have been severely attacked, reports say.

While two Tamil migrants have gone out at 7. Saturday a group consisting over attacked them.

One individual has sustained severe injuries following the attack and has been admitted to the hospital while the other managed to escape.

General Secretary of Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) Galaboda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, responding to an accusation over his involvement in a drunk driving incident in 2000, stated that it was a military officer who was driving the vehicle at the time and not him.

In an interview on Derana 360 last night, the vociferous hardline monk was inquired regarding 9 charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol, driving without a valid license, driving without a revenue license and failing to report an accident, filed against him under

The son of UPFA Mihintale Pradeshiya Sabha member R.A. Anil, Nipuna Madusanka has assaulted the principal of the school where he is currently studying, the Ada Derana correspondent reports.
The PS member who immediately arrived at the Anuradhapura Nivanthaka Chethiya Maha Vidyalaya after the incident which took place at 9.30am had asked his son to kneel and ask for forgiveness from the principal and the staff. However school activities have come to a halt as the principal and staff had expressed their strong objection over the assa

Last week the Asian Human Rights Commission reported the incident of the torture of a well-known interior decorator, Mr. Madawala Maddumage Don Aruna Nilupul Indika (39), of Mahagedara, Devala Road, Welipenna in the Kalutara District, by several police officers of the Mataguma Police Station. The officer who played the most active role in Nilupul’s arrest and torture was Raveendra Pushapakumara of the Crime Branch of the Matugama Police.
Nilupul reported the incident to all the relevant Sri Lankan authorities and it appears th

Some 600 activists belonging to pro-Tamil Eelam outfits were arrested today for allegedly attempting to march to the Defence Services Staff College at Wellington in Udhagamandalam, Tamil Nadu, where two Sri Lankan defence personnel are undergoing training, the Press Trust of India.

Protesting against the training, the activists demanded resignation of Defence Minister A.K. Antony for giving “false” assurance that no Sri Lankan military personnel would be given training on Tamil Nadu soil.

Excerpts of a speech delivered by the President of the Sri Lanka Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises Aloy Jayawardene at the Golden Anniversary celebrations and Industrial Excellence Awards 2013- held at "Waters Edge" , Battaramulla yesterday (17).

Over 25 percent of Sri Lanka’s Small and Medium Enterprises have collapsed over the past two to three years amidst grueling financial hardships, including Bank Interest rates on loans which have soared to 20 percent. This is most unfortunate considering that the

Initial post war reconciliation expectations are now totally failed In Sri Lanka as the attempts are taking to dilute the powers of the provincial councils in the eve of the northern provincial council election. Thus national question that was manifested in the Sri Lankan political landscape since early 1920’s will be remained in continuity. Historically, the issue was further aggravated with the introduction of electoral methods in the early legislative councils and later with introduction of universal franchise under the Donoughm

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s claim during a recent address at the Kotelawala Defence ‘University’ that Sri Lanka is presently enjoying the ‘full benefits of peace’ sits strikingly at odds with the headline of the country’s newspapers on any given day.

And to be clear, I am not talking in this instance of high profile ‘terrorism’ cases or even the military’s excruciatingly intrusive role in the North and East under the guise of so-called ‘civic-military&rsquo

By pitching their political ambitions higher than the Sri Lankan constitution’s existing provisions on provincial autonomy under the 13th amendment, Tamil nationalists have played into the hands of Sinhalese hardliners

A political battle of major proportions, perhaps the most portentous in years, is looming in Sri Lanka this year and is being preceded by a debate amounting to a battle of ideas. The matter at hand is the much delayed and deferred election to the Northern Provincial Council.

The Court of Appeal yesterday suspended till July 1, 2013, the letter of suspension issued by the vice-chancellor of the Sabragamuwa University, suspending the studentship of five third-year students. The suspension of the letter is effective till July 1, 2013.

The first respondent, vice chancellor and the respondent members of the University Council, were directed to allow those students to sit the examinations to be held in June/July 2013, The results will however be released after the writ application, filed by five s