Vasantha Sriskantharajah is dreading next summer. It’s not the Jaffna heat that is worrying her. What she is not used to is being away from the collection of books she has seen grow at the Jaffna Public Library through decades of war and recovery.

The COPA has revealed that files pertaining to 547 vehicles have gone missing from the Department of Motor Traffic.

Yesterday, 1st Oct. 2016, I came the Bandaranayake international airport in Sri Lanka to travel to London. I was asked by the officer at the immigration counter to get clearance from an office I understood to be an office of the Terrorist Investigation Department (TID), situated next to the immigration counters. Inside this office, I was questioned whether I have a case pending, where I was traveling, purpose of my travel, my work and personal details, including addresses and phone number, details of family members etc. An officer wrote down my answers, but I was not shown what was written and I was not asked to sign any documents. Photocopies of my travel documents were also made. They also appeared to examine a file they had.

During his official trip to New Zealand, prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has visited a baby tusker at the Auckland Zoo.

Protesters in the march convened by Bodu Bala Sena (Buddhist Brigade) and Ravana Balaya (Power of Ravana) on September 30 carried placards calling Northern Chief Minister CV Vigneswaran to ‘Rest in Peace’.

Even Lord Buddha had disapproved of Buddha statues being erected using force, says NSSP leader Vikramabahu Karunaratne.