Two sub-inspectors and a constable have been suspended following the custodial death of a suspect at Homagama police station over the weekend. Torture in custody continues despite assurances from the authorities and repeated censure by international rights fora.

A 5-year CID investigation into the alleged Sigiriya land fraud involving Kumar Sangakkara’s wife remains unfinished, according to @LankadeepaNews . The Dambulla Divisional Secretariat confirms via RTI on Oct 7 that CID was given related documents in November 2025. Slow progress

A group of monks’ attempt to curse the government in pursuit of a fresh pardon for convicted colleague Ven. Gnanasara may have backfired. The lawyer who claimed the curse’s composer was grilled by police has been asked to explain his “misleading claim.

Sri Lanka’s exports grew 5% during the first nine months of the year to $ 13.61billion, the EDB says.

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Ven. Kassapa, the monk who led a campaign demanding a pardon for convicted colleague Ven. Gnanasara says he will now take his struggle to the village level to topple the government. He says chief priests have taken over responsibility for securing Ven. Gnanasara's pardon.

ALERT: Four Buddhist chapters, including Malwatta and Asgiriya, denounce protests demanding the release of convicted monk Ven. Gnanasara, saying they damage the clergy’s public image. Ven. Kassapa, seen in leaked videos meeting a lay backer at a hotel, has called off the protest

Here are clips of ex-minister Sarath Weerasekera walking into a Colombo hotel room to meet Ven. Kassapa and then leaving. The monk enters the hotel in burqa-style attire, possibly to conceal his identity. Weerasekera is a strong backer of the Bodu Bala Sena branch of Buddhism.

Saffron burqas? A person covered from head to toe in a saffron robe was spotted entering The Kingsbury last night, trailed by former MP Sarath Weerasekera -- a staunch supporter of the Bodu Bala Sena branch of Buddhism. Discretion is also a monastic virtue.

Buddhist monks were seen on Saturday afternoon continuing their sit-down protest under the Golden Buddha at Vihara Maha Devi Park, demanding a pardon for their convicted colleague, Ven Gnanasara. Despite a court order, the monks and their lay backers remain.