A Muslim-American journalist Noor Tagouri will appear in Playboy magazine's October issue wearing a hijab, a decision that has elicited praise in some quarters and provoked condemnation in others.

Deaths due to rabies halved this year to 12, from 24 a year ago, says director of the health ministry’s public veterinary services Dr. P.A.L. Harischandra.

‘Mawbima Venuwen Ranaviruwo’ alleges certain persons of using its aid collection efforts on behalf of armed forces members to gain political advantage.

It was an act against media ethics to use a drone fitted with a camera to take pictures of the exhumation of slain journalist Lasantha Wickramatunga’s body, says senior journalist Victor Ivan.

Amendments reportedly introduced by the government to the criminal procedure code no. 15 of 1979 nullify an arrested suspect’s right to legal assistance, legal experts say.