Over five hundred suspected members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) released on Saturday have been reunited with their parents.

Sri Lanka's parliament is next week (Wed 8th Sept) likely to pass into law a set of major constitutional changes which would significantly increase the powers of the president.

LLRC has experienced severe procedural problems with a key witness complaining that his words were not being properly translated.

Sri Lankan housemaid Ariyawathie denies allegations of fabricating a story of torture by her employer.

The main opposition United National Party will vote against the proposed constitutional changes say the leader of the opposition Ranil Wickramasinghe

Constitutional amendments are 'undemocratic' and paving the way for a 'dictatorial regime', says the opposition.

Sri Lankan housemaids say hundreds of them in Saudi Arabia had been harassed by embassy officials.

Sri Lankan housemaids say hundreds of them in Saudi Arabia had been harassed by embassy officials.

India re-assures IDPs in Sri Lanka of the country's "continuous commitment" to help them rebuild their lives.

Govt. urged to ban sending housemaids to Saudi Arabia until it signs international labour agreements.

Poddala Jayantha who was abducted and tortured by an unidentified group says he will seek international justice.

Doctors remove 18 nails and needles from a Sri Lankan woman 'tortured' by her employers in Saudi Arabia.

Supreme Court warns state counsel not to merely repeat utterances by the police without properly investigating.

Czech nationals who have been illegally collecting endemic species from a World Heritage site were detained.

Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who arrived in Canada aboard a cargo ship have been told they must stay in jail.

SLMC seeks a separate Presidential panel to look into the past and present situation of the Muslims in the country.

Sri Lanka authorities detain the latest edition of The Economist magazine at the airport, its distributor says.

Thirty years of war has taken a lot from the lives of the Mannar farmers and they still await a sense of security.

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Professor Harendra de Silva has been nominated for this year's British Medical Journal Group Lifetime Achievement Award.