President’s Counsel Prasantha Lal de Alwis has been appointed as the new Principal of Sri Lanka Law College, effective October 22. His appointment was made by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, ...

The Sri Lanka Law College, reputedly Asia’s oldest professional institution, was established 150 years ago, in 1874. Today, it has become an institution unto itself. To commemorate the anniversary, ...

Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe should immediately end the use of draconian counterterrorism laws to target peaceful protesters and release those in custody.

The death of a student at Sabaragamuwa University by suicide over reasons allegedly linked to ragging sparks concerns over the lack of awareness of anti-ragging legislation and its enforcement ...

If torture is to be eradicated in Sri Lanka the institutions of the magistrate and police need to be reformed.

British woman held in Sri Lanka ‘could be months’ from bail hearing, lawyer warns Charlotte May Lee is ‘coping’ with prospect of spending months longer in jail in Sri Lanka, her lawyer ...

In March 2013, Sri Lanka will be taken up again in the UNHRC. The United States last week discussed a move to present another resolution on Sri Lanka, a damning sign of the lack of progress on the ...

Photo courtesy of Ceylon Independent On July 9, 2025 the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka delivered a landmark judgment in that may ...

The government is arming itself with a law to crush mass protests and strikes aimed at opposing its economic policies and IMF austerity measures.

The Sri Lankan police on Monday confirmed the detention of three student activists under a dreaded anti-terrorism law, four days after arresting them at a protest held in capital Colombo.

President’s Counsel Prasantha Lal de Alwis has been appointed as the new Principal of Sri Lanka Law College, effective October 22. His appointment was made by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, ...

The death of a student at Sabaragamuwa University by suicide over reasons allegedly linked to ragging sparks concerns over the lack of awareness of anti-ragging legislation and its enforcement ...