A tribunal has sentenced seven people accused of raping and murdering Punguduthivu schoolgirl Vithya to death on Wednesday.

Out of nine charged and investigated at the trial-at-bar, suspects 1 and 7 were cleared of wrongdoing.

Several Sinhala MPs expressed concern in parliament today about the presence of Rohingya refugees in Sri Lanka, the Daily Mirror reported. 

One opposition MP, Jayantha Samaraweera said a camp for Rohingya refugees had been set up near Mirihana, adding “social media has reported on this and it is indeed a reality."

A group of 31 Rohingya refugees who had been sheltering at a UN safe house, were yesterday transferred to Boosa detention facility by Sri Lankan police, who claimed it was for their safety. 

The refugees were detained by police after a mob led by Sinhala Buddhist monks stormed the building, which is located in Mount Lavinia. 

The former head of the Sri Lankan army said visa applications to travel to the United States have been rejected three times over reports of war crimes committed by the military.

The United States Embassy hosted a workshop on psychological operations for the Sri Lankan military in Kilinochchi earlier this month.

Thileepan was remembered in Kilinochchi on Tuesday, on the 30th anniversary of the final day of his fast.

Hundreds of students and staff at the University of Jaffna gathered to remember Thileepan, marking thirty years since his death.

Thileepan was remembered in Mannar on Tuesday on the 30th anniversary of his death.

The Sri Lankan government is looking to sign extradition treaties with several countries including those in Europe and Asia, the State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardena said, reported Colombo Gazette. 

Treaties have already been signed between Sri Lanka and Ukraine, China and Vietnam. 

Thirty-one Rohingya refugees who were inside a UN safe house run by the UNHCR near Sri Lanka's capital city were taken into police custody, after a mob led by Sinhala Buddhist monks stormed the building on Tuesday. 

The general secretary of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), Vaiko said he was on Monday accosted by a Sri Lankan woman and former army personnel after concluding his address to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. 

Tamils gathered in Nallur today to remember the 30th anniversary of the final day of Thileepan's fast unto death. 

Lt. Col. Thileepan, a political wing leader of the LTTE fasted to death on hunger strike, appealing to the Indian government to honour pledges made to the Tamil people. He began his fast on 15th September 1987 and died on the 26th. 

UK Foreign Office policy “significantly” downplays the scale of human rights abuses and torture in Sri Lanka, said British parliamentarian Joan Ryan at the side-lines of the Labour party conference on Monday.

A new cohort of Sri Lankan marines participated in a passing out ceremony in Trincomalee earlier this month.