Sri Lankan Christians cannot bury their dead in public cemeteries because Buddhist monks are stopping them from doing so, charity group Release International says.

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam women’s wing leader Premalatha has blamed the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress for ceding Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka and accused Chief Minister Jayalalithaa of hoodwinking the fishing community by giving a false promise to retrieve the islet.

President Maithripala Sirisena has directed the government to take tangible measures to prevent illegal export of gold from the country.

A hungry elephant demanded food from terrified tourists on safari - and nearly sent them flying when it tried to reach inside their vehicle.

Former Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara says that he informed the President at the time, Mahinda Rajapaksa that money was going out of the country as exposed in the Panama Papers.

Ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa says he had still been the executive president, when he was defeated in the last presidential election and left Temple Trees along with his bodyguards at 6.00 in the morning.