Lanka arrests rights activists ahead of UNHRC voting

The Sri Lankan police have arrested two rights activists under an anti-terrorism law to prevent them  from spreading "communal disharmony" in the country's war-torn northern region, ahead of......

Indians among illegal immigrants arrested in Sri Lanka

Two Indian nationals were among a group of 53 people bound for Australia arrested by the Sri Lankan navy, the police said on Wednesday. "The navy arrested the 53 people on board a suspicious vessel......

Biggest-ever secret LTTE arms dump found

Two years after the decisive battle in which the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were vanquished, Sri Lankan security forces made their biggest-ever haul recovering 6,250 kg of hidden explosives......

Lanka arrests 5 for 'stealing' Indian tsunami buoy

Five Sri Lankan fishermen have been arrested on charges of stealing an Indian tsunami warning equipment, police said on Tuesday. The arrested men were produced before the chief magistrate in the......