The Sri Lankan government has begun advertising for the post of hangman this week, after the president vowed to implement capital punishment, following a state visit to the Philippines.

The former chief minister of the Northern Province C V Wigneswaran visited protesting Tamil families in Keppapulavu this week, stating the army had “no right” to continue its occupation of their land.

Tamils gathered in Jaffna and Kilinochchi today to mark  23 years since the Kumarapuram massacre, when Sri Lankan army corporals went on a murderous rampage through the Trincomalee village, raping and killing 26 Tamils.

Britain will be leading a United Nations resolution on Sri Lanka at the Human Rights Council in Geneva next month, said the UK Mission to the United Nations in Geneva in a statement on Monday.

The Sri Lankan air force is looking to further expand its fleet and purchase a new batch of Russian military helicopters, according to reports on Sunday.

A Sri Lankan solider was caught stealing cash from a Tamil shop in Mullaitivu.

The ambassador of the European Delegation to Sri Lanka this month warned against the island's heavy reliance on China economically. 

The results of radiocarbon dating tests on skeletal remains excavated from the mass grave in Mannar are expected to be released on Thursday, Sri Lanka's Judicial Medical Officer, Dr Saminda Rajapaksha said. 

Sri Lankan soldiers patrolled in Batticaloa on Sunday, provoking concerns among locals who say that the district has already been under a climate of fear for months.

<p>A Sri Lankan soldier was arrested with cannabis in Vavuniya on Friday morning according to Vavuniya police.</p> <p>The soldier was arrested when police stopped and searched a Jaffna to Colombo-bound bus at Nochchimoddai bridge in Vavuniya.</p> <p>He was allegedly in possession of 200 grammes of cannabis, and was taken into custody to be produced before the Vavuniya magistrates court pending further investigation.</p> <p>Police refused to disclose the soldier’s camp or division details or any further details.</p>