Eight Muslim traders have been handed suspended jail sentences for selling replica Sri Lankan army uniforms for children.

The traders, all hailing from Kattankudy, Batticaloa, were arrested on May 14 during a police search of Point Pedro town, for displaying the replica uniforms in their stores.

They were all convicted of illegally selling replica army uniforms by the Point Pedro magistrate’s court and handed suspended sentences.

The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, is to visit Sri Lanka from June 8 - 9 along side the Maldives, the country's External Affairs Ministry said today. 

Two fishermen have been reported missing in Kayts this week after they failed to return home after a fishing trip. 

Kodeswaran Kukapriyan (23) and Thavaraja Sathiyaraj (25) left to go fishing on June 3. 

Their families filed a missing persons complaint with Kayts police. 
 

The United Kingdom's travel advisory to Sri Lanka was downgraded but the High Commission continued to warn of the possibility of further terror attacks as 'very likely'. 

"The UK is no longer advising British travelers and tourists against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka," the High Commission said in a statement today. 

Sri Lanka's Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara told the Special Parliamentary Select Committee today of how the president, Maithripala Sirisena, had co-erced him into resigning following the Easter Sunday bomb attacks and even offered him an ambassador position if he did so. 

A Tamil National Alliance (TNA) activist was found dead in Neduntheevu (Delft) on Tuesday.

The body of 50-year-old Nadesu Ananthakumaran, known as Kannan, was found with stab wounds, leading locals to believe he was murdered.

Police sent the body to Jaffna Teaching Hospital for investigation.

A Tamil man has died from the injuries he sustained in the Easter Sunday bombings, 45 days after the attack took place.

The victim, 30-year-old S Arunprasath of Iruthayapuram, Batticaloa, was admitted to the district’s Teaching Hospital for his injuries from the bombing at the Zion church on April 21.

He was transferred to Kandy by helicopter on April 22.

Arunprasath died on June 4, bringing the Batticaloa death toll to 30.

A Buddhist monk led Sinhala protesters at a demonstration today by the Neeraviyadi Pillaiyar temple, calling on the Sri Lankan president to intervene on the long-running dispute. 

Ponnuthurai Sivakumaran, the first Tamil to die in the liberation struggle was remembered today in his hometown of Urumpirai, Jaffna. 

<p>The United States yesterday expressed concern over what it described as the demonising of Muslims, following the mass resignation of Muslim ministers from the front benches.&nbsp;</p> <p>In a tweet the US House Foreign Affairs Committee wrote: "The demonizing of Muslims by certain religious and political forces in Sri Lanka is a concerning development for the country. Leaders in the country need to calm communal tensions and ensure safety for people of all faiths in the country."</p> <p>The German embassy in Colombo also tweeted on the subject highlighting the importance of freedom of religion and mutual tolerance.&nbsp;</p>