Namal Rajapaksa was arrested for the fourth time last week. He’s in a cell with other prisoners. In one previous case, he was acquitted. This time might be different. The SLPP is taking no chances, mobilising their supporters through rallies. The government, meanwhile, is also taking to the streets.

“There is no difference between the NPP and JVP, ” said Mahinda Jayasinghe, a JVP trade unionist and deputy minister. In the last two years, the JVP recruited NPPers into its ranks, consolidated its decision-making power, and ran political classes for NPPers. Some NPPers are now disillusioned.

When a military intelligence corporal got information from Tamil Nadu intelligence that Mohamed Zahran killed two policemen five months before the Easter Bombings, he said his superior asked him to look away. An ex-military intelligence director denies allegations made to the police.

The first ever Indo-Lanka defence cooperation agreement was signed last year. Now the Indian defence minister is in town. The foreign minister told The Examiner that reviewing the agreement or its implementation wasn’t on the agenda. No joint statement was released during the visit.

The opa dupa emerge this weekend, with our new political column and with a bastardised poem-play, airing Dirty Laundry. An unexpected venue for an evening with your granny; Kiku offers RnB and Bingo. Electronic

Following social media outrage about Facebook groups sharing non-consensual sexual photos and teaching participants how to drug their victims, the authorities reported four more groups. Over the years Meta’s content moderation has gotten weaker, activists say.

Lawyers argued extending judges' terms requires a referendum and a full bench. They also think the Chief Justice should have recused himself, and called for more senior judges on the bench. The Attorney-General said they “failed to explain how the amendment impinges on the people’s sovereignty.”

Prominent banners for illegal, offshore gambling sites dominate Sri Lanka’s cricket stadiums and screens. They’re often targeting Indians. Online gambling is banned in India, but Sri Lanka Cricket’s wink-and-nod approach gives them a loophole.