Australian Foreign Minister UN Human Rights Council to investigate about the war crime in Sri-Lanka
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Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka said recent shooting incidents and the Bank robbery are the signals of the beginning of the terrorist activities in the Eastern province.
Fonseka made this statement towards the journalists when he was brought up to the Colombo High Courts for the hearing of white flag case this morning.
He also said since [...]
Sri Lanka cricket star Kumar Sangakkara has welcomed the International Cricket Council (ICC) directive requiring all national boards to be elected without political interference.
His call came just days after Sri Lanka’s sports minister said he had forced the national cricket board committee to step down following allegations of financial mismanagement.
Sri Lanka co-hosted the [...]
Australian Foreign Minister UN Human Rights Council to investigate about the war crime in Sri-Lanka
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Australia Kevin Rudd says new information about atrocities against Sri Lankan civilians at the end of the civil war is appalling.
A new British television documentary has shown evidence of civilians being killed by government troops.
The 30-year war,which ended in 2009,was waged between Tamils seeking to create their own [...]
Sri-Lanka Muslim Congress announced that their party has decided to support the proposal of appointing the Parliamentary Commission.
According to the unofficial sources SLMC as taken these decisions to support the activities of the government.
However the proposal of the appointing the Parliamentary Commission is schedule to present to the house today.
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The police is offering a Rs. 1m cash reward for any information which could lead to the arrest of the suspects involved in the recent armed robbery of a Bank in Batticaloa.
A statement released by the police department said that IGP N.K Illangakoon has decided to offer the reward for credible information related to the [...]
A media rights group called ‘Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS)’- consisting a group of exiled journalists from Sri Lanka- has provided British Channel 4 television with the execution video with Sinhala speech which allegedly shows extra-judicial killings by Sri Lankan troops,the BBC Sinhala service reported.
The group also dismissed the ‘new executions video [...]
Sri Lanka Navy has denied Indian media reports that said the Sri Lankan Navy men today detained 14 Indian fishermen but freed them hours later on sighting an Indian Navy vessel near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).
Navy spokesman Commander Kosala Warnakulasuriya has denied the Indian media report and said that the Navy has not [...]
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) allocating 1.5 billion rupees for the Jana Sevana housing loan programme for low income families implemented under the Mahinda Chinthana concept.
The President in his capacity as the Finance Minister held a discussion at the Temple Trees today with relevant officials to provide financial [...]
Two Sri Lankan nationals were arrested at NSC Bose International airport today for trying to travel to Dubai with fake passport,police said.
Subba Githarani (25) and Tunuthubai Farzan (32) were arrested at the airport when they were found to carry fake passport during immigration check to board a flight to Dubai,they said.
They first came [...]
The telephone numbers provided by the Ministry of Petroleum Industries,to report problems caused by the use of substandard petrol,do not work,says United National Party MP Ravi Karunanayake.
He claimed that he had dialed the telephone numbers himself in order to verify if they work,“they didn’t” he exclaimed during a meeting in Modara.
The [...]