An unidentified flying object (UFO) believed to be from the planet Jupiter according to media heads had been witnessed near a filling station in Minister Dullas Alahapperuma’s electorate, Akuressa.

First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa’s nephew, Dilshan Wickremasinghe (SriLankan Airlines Chairman Nishantha Wickremasinghe’s son) it is learnt has started a new project.

Forty fishermen released on December 10 by Sri Lanka arrived at Mandapam on Thursday. They were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on December 3.

Human remains in what appears to be a mass grave unearthed last month in central Sri Lanka could be "the site of a crime", a forensic medical specialist has told the BBC.

Today Instructing attorneys of the cheif Justice complained to the speaker of the parliament for his appropriate action.about Derogatory remarks used by some members of Parliamentary Select Committee last week ,which lead the chief justice to walk out from the inquiry

UNP councillor and national organizer of the party Daya Gamage today dared the eastern provincial council to curtail the Rs. 1.7 million per member allocation from the province’s budget, as suggested by a ruling member during his absence at the council session.

The Government members of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) appointed to probe the charges contained in the impeachment motion have found the Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake guilty of three charges.

Economic analysts say that the country is faced with an economic crisis even without economic sanctions being imposed.

Minister Wimal Weerawansa had asked the President in why he was trying to sacrifice him by getting him to approve the charges in the impeachment motion while asking Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne not to approve it, a governing party member in the parliamentary select committee (PSC) that probed the impeachment motion said.

Minister Basil Rajapaksa has ordered that every governing party parliamentarian should bring 10 lawyers each for the special general meeting of the Bar Association in Sri Lanka (BASL) scheduled for the 15th to discuss the next course of action regarding the impeachment motion.

A protest march was held in Mannar recently demanding the release of their loved ones who are being unlawfully detained and to find the whereabouts of the others who have been abducted by unknown persons.

The Terrorism Investigations Department (TID) on a directive by the Defence Secretary has transferred four Jaffna University students to the Welikanda detention camp. Their parents have been informed of the transfer. Seven out of the 11 students who were arrested were released on the 11th.

Tomorrow, December 15 will be a day that tests the will of the lawyers of Sri Lanka to defend their own profession and the independence of the judiciary in the country which is the foundation on which the legal profession stands.

In previous annual reports, the Asian Human Rights Commission has documented Sri Lanka's rapid fall into a dictatorship under the executive presidential system.

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) welcomes the decision by His Excellency the President to appoint an independent review panel before taking a final decision on the report of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Impeachment of the Chief Justice.

Shirani Bandaranayake is not only fighting for the rule of law; she is also forced to fight for feminism. Ms. Bandaranayake is the first woman to have earned the post of CJ, which she achieved without exploiting the prestige of parents or any other high profile connection.

A female student of the Jaffna University has reportedly been found strangled to death at her house in Chunnakam under mysterious circumstances on Friday (14), as three more female students have been summoned to report immediately to the Jaffna police amid mounting tension and fears in the war-ravaged northern peninsula.

"Freedom of speech, association, and independent judiciary are pillars of any democracy. The recent threat to these pillars of democracy in Sri Lanka is a serious concern to me and my constituents from Sri Lanka," said MP Seeback. “Continuing arrest, harassment and intimidation of university students is unjustifiable. I urge the Sri Lankan authorities to exercise restraint, respect peaceful demonstrations and release the students from Jaffna University”.

Further to our statement of 19 November 2012, the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA), the Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) and the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’Association (CMJA) are concerned about the developments surrounding the impeachment of the Sri Lankan Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake.

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is faced with a problem in enforcing law and order given the illicit love affairs between the Director General of the Media Center for National Security (MCNS), Lakshman Hulugalle and businesswoman Sudharma Neththikumara.

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaka has ordered officials to check if there’s a possibility of imposing a travel ban on Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake’s husband, Pradeep Kariyawasam.

A directive has been issued to the State Intelligence Service by a high government office to inquire and report immediately on the sudden trip undertaken by former Foreign Minister and UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera to England on the 12th morning.

Comments on the views of Rajpal Abeynayake and Nath Amarakoon on judicial review

The SLBC programme inappropriately entitled “People’s Power” is continuing with its misinformation campaign against basic principles of constitutionalism. On the programme that aired on the 13th of December, there were amusing misinterpretations of the constitutional history of the United States, as well as of Sri Lanka.

LAWASIA, the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific, has observed with considerable concern developments in Sri Lanka with regard to the impeachment of the Chief Justice.

The Asian Human Rights Commission expresses grave concern over the present situation in the University of Jaffna. Most students are unable to attend lectures as the whole university is in a state of stalemate.

A trembling fraction of most people believes - or wants to - that the Mayans were on to something. In fact, so pestered has the American space agency NASA been on the subject of their apocalyptic prediction (21st December's the date), they've set up a simple FAQ. It's called, soothingly, "Beyond 2012: Why the World Won't End". Here's what it says...

Mr. S.Sathadevan of War Affected People's Association had been conducted a hunger fast at Gurunagar, Jaffna since 10th December till this morning.

Three years after the Tamil Tiger's defeat, the underlying issues that caused Sri Lanka's civil war are once again coming to a head.

Protests outside Sri Lankan embassies against the brutal suppression of Tamil students in Jaffna, have taken place around the world.