A Sri Lankan soldier has been arrested for indecent exposure and sexual harassment after flashing his genitals to a Tamil woman on a bus.

Following the incident on packed private bus in Kilinochchi, the soldier alighted and entered the Gajaba regiment camp in Mulankavil.

The woman affected alerted other passengers and reported the harassment to Mulankavil police, who arrested the soldier at the camp.

Chunnakam police assaulted Tamil youths on Maaveerar Naal and harassed locals coming to their defence, according to a complaint filed at the Sri Lankan Human Rights Commission.

A local trader from Punnalaikattuvan, in Valikamam South, said he was verbally abused, assualted and had false drug charges laid on him by police when he attempted to intervene while the police were beating Tamil youths outside shops in the area.

Three Tamil political prisoners who are on hunger strike were moved from Anuradhapura to Jaffna jail temporarily in order to receive medical treatment. 

Tharshan, Ganeshan and Thiruvarul will be kept in Jaffna for 10 days before before transferred back to Anuradhapura jail. 

Sri Lankan army soldiers are set to leave on a new peacekeeping mission despite ongoing reports of torture and rape committed against Tamils. 

The Sri Lankan president this week reiterated he would not agree to federalism and there would be no international war crimes tribunal. 

"I did not become president to betray the Jathiya [Sinhalese] and I am not ready to give in to the federal demand or devolve power in any way that might result in a fracture of the country," he told an audience whilst visiting South Korea on Wednesday. 

A Tamil media worker was found dead in a well near her home in Delft (Neduntheevu) on Thursday morning.

The body of 32-year-old Yogenthiran Padmavathi was found in the well in the early hours of Thursday morning, following a search after family members deemed her to be missing on Wednesday night.

The cause of her death is unknown.

A Tamil civil society activist has been questioned by Mullaitivu police over the celebration of the birthday of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.

Local activist Peter Ilachcheliyan was summoned for questioning by police on Thursday.

Mr Ilachcheliyan had reportedly cut a cake next to a photograph of Prabhakaran on the Mullaitivu seaside on the occasion of the LTTE leader’s 63rd birthday on Sunday.

Residents of a Valikamam North village which was partly released by the Sri Lankan Army on Thursday have said that the lands have not been returned in a settleable condition.

Both government and opposition MPs on Wednesday criticised the Bribery Commission for failing to take action on pending cases. 

A number of MPs from the UNP, SLFP and JVP told parliament of pending cases where no action had been taken. 

The present unity government was elected on pledge to end corruption in the country and ensure prosecutions. 

President Maithripala Sirisena this week attempted to reassure Sri Lanka's diaspora in South Korea that he would "never betray the nation or the country". 

Sri Lanka's Ports Minister, SLFP MP Mahinda Samarasinghe on Tuesday told parliament that his party would refuse to implement the liberalisation of the shipping sector as outlined by the 2018 budget. 

“The position of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is that we oppose this proposal. And as the minister in charge of the subject, I will not issue the gazette notification (giving effect to the budget proposal),” Mr Samarasinghe told Parliament.

Sri Lanka's apparel industry has lowered its export target to adjust for the delay in granting of preferential trade tariffs (GSP+). 

The demand for a separate state will grow again if a federal solution is not adopted, the Chief Minister of the North told the Australian High Commissioner.

A Sri Lankan Navy commander has been ordered to provide details of all officers who served under him as the investigation into the disappearance of 11 Tamil youths was taken up in court on Wednesday.

Judge Jayaratne at the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court ordered Lt. Commander Prasad Hettiarachchi to provide the details to the Criminal Investigation Department.