President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has defended the proposed judicial reforms and constitutional amendment, saying they are intended to bring about systemic change in the judiciary rather than provide privileges to individual judges. Addressing concerns raised by representatives of the legal community, the President said one...

A five-member psychiatric panel appointed by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court has examined former intelligence chief Tuan Suresh Sallay, who is being held under a detention order in connection with investigations into the Easter Sunday attacks, according to a news report. Sources at the National Hospital...