» by Melani Manel Perera In Colombo, men, women and children from Western Province block roads, torch street signs and burn tyres. They fear higher fuel prices will wipe out small-scale fishery. Card Ranjith, archbishop of Colombo, joins the protest.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The United Nations said Saturday the Maldives should release a judge from military custody or charge him with a crime, as the world body considers a government request for help resolving a dispute with the country's judiciary.

Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem, met with the lawyers of the Colombo Magistrate's Court who were protesting under the assumption that the Colombo Magistrate's Courts complex would be relocated and assured them that there were no plans by the Ministry of Justice to relocate Colombo courts out of Hulftsdorp or sell the historic courts complex as alleged by them.

More questions have been raised about the adequacy of cordons set up around Christchurch buildings considered dangerous after the September 2010 earthquake.The royal commission of inquiry yesterday heard evidence into the collapse...

Bureaucratic delays held up the demolition of a quake-damaged building that killed a man in last February's earthquake, a royal commission has heard.

Colombo-based Free Media Movement (FMM) on Tuesday strongly reacted to news appearing in SL government-run Dinamina on 03 February which had alleged that the members of the FMM had been in collaboration with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in campaigning at Geneva against the Colombo government. Totally disowning any link with the TNA, the language and tone of the FMM press statement only show ...

A reputed Colombo crime family associate who served more than 20 years in prison on a wrongful conviction now faces more jail time for a new crime he admits committing. But an attorney for Scott Fappiano argues that the trauma of his criminal justice ordeal has taken a toll on...

The Sri Lankan army says it is investigating allegations that troops may have caused civilian casualties as the civil war drew to a close in 2009.

Colombo, Feb 13 (IANS) A Sri Lankan Air Force MIG-27 jet Monday crashed in the country's northwestern region but the pilot ejected safely, the air force said.

University of Kansas researchers John Colombo and Susan Carlson have been awarded $2.5 million for the next five years of a 10-year, double-blind randomized controlled trial to determine whether prenatal nutritional supplementation with the omega-3 fatty acid DHA benefits children’s intelligence and school readiness.