December 07, 2010: Twenty-one suspects, including Sakvithi Ranasinghe, the chief suspect in the financial scam amounting to more than a billion rupees, were produced before the Gangodawila magistrate’s court yet again yesterday. For the first time, a state counsel appeared on behalf of the prosecution yesterday. […]
Source of News: BBC Organisers of a meeting on Sri Lanka in the House of Commons deny charges that it was a conspiracy against the Sri Lankan government. ‘There was no plot hatched,’ convener of the meeting, former mayor of Medway Dai Liyanage told BBC Sandesaya. Mr. Liyanage was responding to allegations by Sri Lankan […]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said Catholics as a peace loving fraternity in the country should extend their maximum support to protect and promote the peace won by the country. He added that the true state of affairs related to the country should always be disseminated to the world if peace is to prevail in the […]
If war crimes had been committed in Sri Lanka they were only committed by the LTTE Sajith Premadasa said in Parliament today. He said this in response to a question posed by Wimal Weerawansa regarding an alleged statement given by Karu Jayasuriya to a newspaper. Wimal claims that in the statement Karu had proclaimed that […]
Correspondent and Batticaloa Group The sluice gates of several reservoirs were opened yesterday as unrelenting rains continued to lash the catchment areas. Officials said sluice gates of the Victoria, Castlereagh, Laxapana, Rajanganaya and Wimalasurendra reservoirs were opened due to the heavy rains. They cautioned the public to remain alert. Meanwhile, the Met Department said that […]
The Nation – By Gagani Weerakoon Giving a new twist to the much speculated decision to convert the Colombo Municipal Council to an authority, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa signalled this week that such an authority is not only for Colombo but will include Dehiwala-Mt.Lavinia, Kotte and Kolonnawa. Delivering the seventh Sujata Jayawardana memorial oration in […]
December 04, 2010: Submitting a report yesterday, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) told the Mount Lavinia court that the case pertaining to the assassination of veteran journalist Lasantha, a veteran journalist Lasantha Wickrematunga had been handed over to the Terrorist Investigation Division(TID). Earlier, the investigation was carried out jointly by the CID and the TID. […]
News Source: Guardian UK Tamil campaigners were stopped from serving a war crimes arrest warrant on a Sri Lankan general by his premature departure from Britain. An application was lodged at Horseferry Road magistrates court, central London, but inquiries by Scotland Yard established that he had left on Thursday night. Tamil groups blame the president, […]
Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today that the UNP would support the appointment of a Select Committee of Parliament to probe if its MP Dr. Jayalath Jayawardena had acted in contravention of his Parliamentary oath of office. “If there is an inquiry, we will support it”, Mr. Wickremesinghe said. […]
COLOMBO (AFP) – Hundreds of ruling party activists demonstrated at the British embassy in Colombo Friday to denounce Oxford University’s debating society for cancelling a talk by President Mahinda Rajapakse. “Down with anti-Sri Lanka policy!” shouted activists led by Housing Minister Wimal Weerawansa, who spearheaded protests against the United Nations in July that temporarily shut […]
UK Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox who called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa in London on December 1 discussed aspects of the wider sharing of power in Sri Lanka, and development assistance from the UK. In discussions on the Government’s proposals for sharing power among all communities, President Rajapaksa explained that he saw the […]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa met UK and EU Parliamentarians in London yesterday (1 Dec) . The meetings were friendly and cordial and matters of bilateral interest were discussed. Among the UK and EU Parliamentarians were, The Rt. Hon. The Lord Naseby of the Conservative Party who is also the Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group […]
Parliament has been suspended for 10 minutes after a tense situation erupted when several Government MPs attempted to assault UNP MP Jayalath Jayawardena accusing him of instigating the protest against President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Heathrow airport. According to our parliament correspondent several government MPs led by Dinesh Gunawardena, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa and Jagath Pushpakumara […]