The appointment of Sri Lankan Lieutenant-General Shavendra Silva as Commander of the country’s army is deeply troubling, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said in a statement released on Monday, adding that the military leader had been given the role despite “serious allegations of gross violations of international human rights and humanitarian law against him and his troops during the war”.

An Army Special Forces soldier who had been on parachute training at the Uhana Air Force Base in Ampara has died of a sudden fall, the Army said.

State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake says the United National Party will name its candidate after a Presidential Election is called.

Non – cabinet Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva says that the Prime Minister said that he would discuss tomorrow with party seniors regarding the request 55 UNP MPs had made.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) yesterday expressed its disapproval of the appointment of Lt. General Shavendra Silva as the new Army Commander.

Power, Energy and Business Development Ministry has requested Rs. 50 billion from the Treasury to settle a part of Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) debt, a top official said.

Sri Lanka’s President on Monday named war veteran Shavendra Silva as its army chief, drawing sharp criticism from the United States over the appointment of an officer who has been accused of human rights violations.

Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) announces that a strike will be launched island wide on the 22nd based one several demands.

Two more members of the banned organization, Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem (JMI), had allegedly undergone weapons training from the terrorist leader Zahran Hashim have been arrested by police.

Major General Shavendra Silva was appointed as the 23rd Commander of the Sri Lanka Army today (19).

The Sri Lanka Navy discovered nearly 70 kg of heroin in a trawler seized on 11th July along with 6 Iranians in the Southern sea.

Member of the UNP Working Committee, former Minister, Imthiaz Bakeer Markar says delaying the decision on the Presidential candidate, is unfavourable for the UNP.

UPFA Parliamentarian Kumara Welgama on Saturday said former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa cannot run for presidency as he is still an American citizen.

The JVP led National Peoples Power movement has named JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its candidate for the upcoming Presidential Candidate.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and High Commissioner of India, Taranjit Singh yesterday inaugurated Sri Lanka’s first vehicle assembly plant in Mathugama.

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has been bleeding money on waste transport and disposal for many years by dishing out business to private contractors, instead of using millions of rupees allocated to it for the purchase of its own tractors, tippers, compactors and bulldozers.