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>

The Sri Lankan navy yesterday arrested seven fishermen from India for allegedly crossing into the island's waters. 

Sri Lankan army soldiers threatened a Tamil journalist in Mullaitivu, who was researching a story on the military's excessive use of water in the area. 

The former chief minister of the Northern Province, C V Wigneswaran yesterday criticised any decision to grant Sri Lanka more time to implement the co-sponsored UNHRC resolution 30/1, arguing that nothing has been gained by extra time given so far. 

Sri Lankan army uniforms, army helmets and live rifle bullets were amongst the items seized by police during a raid on the house of an underworld drug kingpin accomplice this week.

The Sri Lankan military has manufactured its own multi-barrel rocket launchers (MBRLs), a weapon that the army used to devastating effect in a military offensive that slaughtered tens of thousands of Tamil civilians almost a decade ago.

<p>International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials are to visit Sri Lanka on February 15 to discuss granting the fifth tranche of the US$ 1.5 billion loan.&nbsp;</p> <p>The granting of the tranche was postponed last year following weeks of political crisis after the president sacked the prime minister and dissolved parliament.&nbsp;</p> <p>The IMD disbursed US $1 billion of the $ 1.5 billion three year EFF loan that was agreed in 2016.&nbsp;</p> <p>In the wake of Sri Lanka’s political turmoil, several major international agencies downgraded the government’s credit rating, in what was seen as a blow to the island’s economy.&nbsp;</p>

Senior US policy figure Samantha power will be speaking at an event in Colombo later this month marking “30 years in parliamentary politics” for Sri Lanka’s current media minister Mangala Samaraweera.