UN intervenes in land issue in North
Head of the United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Agnes Asekenye-Oonyu, visited Jaffna accompanied by the deputy head...
Not happy how the northern land issue is being handled’ says Minister Devananda
Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) Leader Douglas Devananda who currently serves as the Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Minister of the...
Police probe NGO Friedrich Naumann Foundation
The police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is investigating the activities of a leading German funded NGO operating in Sri Lanka. A statement...
Northern PC elections in September
The Northern Provincial Council (NPC) elections would be held in September confirmed Cabinet spokesperson and Minister for Petroleum Industries Anura Priyadharshana Yapa addressing the...
China to lend Sri Lanka $580m for development projects
- සිංහල - China Development Bank Corporation will lend $580 million to Sri Lanka to help implement key infrastructure projects, a government document released...
Vijitha Herath to SC against AG appeal
- සිංහල - JVP MP Vijitha Herath complained to the Supreme Court yesterday that the Attorney General, who was not a party...
Trade unions say strike a success; Govt says otherwise
A large number of opposition trade unions staged a token strike demanding that the government to revoke the controversial electricity tariff increase. The...
Yasin Malik’s support for Sri Lanka Tamils a sham
- සිංහල - Jammu & Kashmir separatist leader Yasin Malik’s expression of support to the extremist Sri Lankan Tamil cause should...
TNA urges the government to implement LLRC recommendations
TNA Leader R. Sampanthan, moving an adjournment motion in Parliament, said that the government’s actions had resulted in deterioration of the human rights situation...
Jayalalithaa renews demand for Katchatheevu
- සිංහල - Voicing concern over attacks on Indian fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked the Centre to take urgent steps...
US Religious Freedom Report for 2012 released
The US State Department says intolerance of, and discrimination against, Muslims by some Buddhists saw an increase in Sri Lanka last...
Court permits petition of Valikamam people
The Court of Appeal yesterday decided to hear the case filed against the acquisition of civilian land by the government in Jaffna. The President of the Court of Appeal,...
LTTE man fleeing Sri Lanka, caught en route to Nairobi
Crime branch officers on Sunday arrested a 35-year-old Sri Lankan, who was an operative of banned outfit Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),...
Extortion scam by immigration officers
After a short and pleasant flight on Srilankan Air Lines, the national airline for Sri Lanka, from the Maldives, I arrived at Colombo International...
Rohana Wijeweera ‘s daughter arrested
- සිංහල - Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) founder Rohana Wijeweera s daughter Easha was arrested after she was alleged to have assaulted her...