Tear gas and water cannons were fired to disperse a group of Kelaniya University students who engaged in a protest defying a court order.

A fire has broken out in a ship berthed at the Colombo Fort a short while ago.

An influential group of Sri Lankan academics and professionals Tuesday called on the president to remove the country's controversial central bank chief over long-running insider trading allegations.

Sri Lanka has been ranked by the Committee to Protect Journalists’ Impunity Index as the 4th worst country in the world for attacks on journalists that go unsolved. There are only a handful of journalists, like Freddy Gamage, the editor of regional newspaper ‘Meepura’, who will even risk their lives for the right to information and media freedom in the country. Though right to information is an integral part of our Constitution, most journalists do not feel safe to execute this right. Self censorship has sadly superseded media freedom and has even become a norm among young journalists of Sri Lanka. We were initially pleased about the enforcement of good governance (Yahapalanaya) by the new regime, because transparency in government affairs is one of the key facets of good governance. However, this incident once again showed that it is still difficult for journalists, to shed light on corruption and illicit activities that occur in the country.

Former leader of the JVP - Somawansa Amarasinghe has passed away today (15).