Parents of a physically challenged student at Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo have lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka after the school principal allegedly ignored the special needs of the student.

A stunning student who walked naked down the freezing streets of Russia in protest over the cost of living under Vladimir Putin has become an internet sensation.

Decisions taken by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) parliamentary group, which met in the parliamentary complex yesterday (11) under the Chairmanship of President Maithripala Sirisena, could delay dissolving Parliament.

Out of all the complaints received on the alleged cases of bribery and corruption said to be committed while the Rajapaksa regime was in power, investigations have been initiated on only 40% of such cases, Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) says.

Minister of power and General secretary of the Jathika Hela Urumaya - Patali Champika Ranawaka has emphasised that the next General election should be held under a new elections commission appointed under fresh electoral reforms.

Former president Chandrika Kumaratunga says it was three supporters of former minister Johnston Fernando who had jeered at her at the SLFP Bala Mandala meeting in Kurunegala yesterday (09)

A Pakistani environmentalist, fed up with being groped and harassed by male auto-rickshaw drivers, has launched her own service exclusively for women passengers and drivers in her home city of Lahore - with just the one rickshaw on the road so far.