Category: Local News

LONDON: Britain will vote for an international, independent investigation into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka. British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday it will vote in favour of the resolution on Sri Lanka at the upcoming United Nations Human Rights Council that has been moved by the US. […]

President of the Amadyapa Movement, Ven.Dr. Harispaththuwe Ariyawansalankara Thero (74) of the Vipassana Meditation Centre, Colombo passed away at a private hospital after prolonged illness this morning. […]

Five police officers including the officer-in-charge (OIC) of the Giriulla Police Station have been suspended over the unlawful detention of a youth for over a month. […]

Sri Lanka yesterday said it has no plans to release 74 Indian fishermen and the 18 boats seized on Wednesday, before the proposed Colombo Talks next Tuesday (25), despite Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jeyaram categorically stating that there will be no talks if the fishermen are not released. […]

Secretary to the President Mr. Lalith Weeratunga, in a letter to Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, has responded to the accusations put forward by her toward the Government of harassment through illegal surveillance. […]

The Abbott government is resisting a push by its closest allies to establish a United Nations investigation into war crimes and human rights abuses in Sri Lanka, where Australia has returned more than 1100 failed asylum seekers in the past 18 months. […]

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday said the next round of talks between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lankan fishermen, scheduled for March 25, can take place only if all the Indian fishermen apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy on Wednesday are released. […]

A day after the repatriation of 140 Tamil Nadu fishermen with their 31 boats, the Sri Lankan Navy arrested as many as 75 fishermen with their 18 vessels on Wednesday night. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has agreed to meet with former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (CBK), following a request made by Kumaratunga to discuss religious harmony in the country, a highly reliable source said. […]

Chairman of the Wilgamuwa Pradeshiya Sabha Jayarathne Weerasekera, his driver and the former Chairman Ranjith Kumarasiri were arrested for allegedly transporting 2.8kilograms of Ganja in their vehicle last night, police said. […]

Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) yesterday arrested two drug lords––a Canadian of Sri Lankan origin and a Pakistani who, on March 5, attempted to smuggle into the country 36 kilos of heroin with a street value of Rs. 360 million in two unaccompanied boxes declared as hardware items. […]

Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the university students who were protesting while blocking the road at Colombo Fort. […]

A person was arrested at the Pettah private bus terminal in possession of ten forged Rs.5000 notes, police stated. […]

The Hanwella Rubber Products Ltd. Factory is not contaminating the water and polluting the environment, the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has determined. […]

Tipped to speak at the UNHRC Sessions in Geneva on 19th March 2014 is Dr. Varatharaja, one of the five doctors who appeared in the Channel 4 clips and who also admitted that he and the other doctors lied and who has now found his way to foreign climes with the help of the Tamil […]

A postman had been arrested in Walpita, Akuressa for allegedly losing 167 polling cards yesterday, the Police said. […]