Prominent members of Tamil Nadu's film industry held a day-long fast on Tuesday, in solidarity with state-wide student protests.

The Barnabas Fund has reported that there has been a sharp increase in attacks on Christians by Buddhists in Sri Lanka.

The charity said there were 10 anti-Christian attacks in March alone, including the bruning down of a church and a “brutal attack” on the home of a pastor.

The leader of the DMK has slammed the Indian Central government for their 'discriminatory' approach, on the subjects of attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri lankan security forces.

The Sri Lankan cricketer player, Dinesh Chandimal, has rejected two IPL offers from the Delhi Daredevils and the Pune Warriors, following the recent resolution passed in Tamil Nadu banning IPL matches involving Sri Lankan cricket players in Tamil Nadu.

The Sri Lankan cricket player, and skipper for the IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kumar Sangakkara, spoke out about the IPL controversy at the sidelines of an event in Hyderabad to NDTV.

400 soldiers from the Sri Lankan army's 'Sinha regiment' are set to leave for Haiti as part of a UN Peacekeeping mission later this week.

Travel between Colombo and Chennai has dropped by at least 30%, reported the Sunday Times, quoting travel trade sources.

The Minister for National Language and Social Integration, Vasudeva Nanayakara is to seek to ban Sinhala groups such as the Bodu Bala Sena, Ravana BAlaya and the Sinhala Ravaya.

A Cabinet paper will be submitted in two weeks time, reports Nanayakkara The Sunday Leader.

The opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, former president Chandrika Bandaranaike and United National Party MP Mangala Samaraweera reportedly held 'secret discussions' on 24th March - on Wickremesinghe's birthday - at the villa of the British expat Geoffrey Dobbs.

A spokesman for the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation (BBS) claimed today that the organisation aims to create a moral society in Sri Lanka.

Programme Coordinator, Dilantha Withanage, blamed ‘groups with ulterior motives' for misrepresenting their campaign as a fight against Muslims.

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The news website Colombo Telegraph reported on Friday that it has now been blocked in Sri Lanka, with users unable to reach the site from within the island.

The Colombo Telegraph editorial board released a message urging readers to use proxy services to reach the site.

The Indian Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) V Narayanasamy has stated that "there is still time" to decide on India's attendance at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, due to be held in Sri Lanka in November 2013.

The World Bank has provided Sri Lanka with a concessionary loan of $200 million to support the public health system on the island.

"Investing in further improvement of the health system will be a critical pre-requisite for Sri Lanka's vision as reflected in the Mahinda Chintana," Country Director of World Bank in Sri Lanka Diarietou Gaye said according to ColomboPage.