Category: LOCAL

The lack of investigation of corruption by officials at the Commission’s hearings delayed

The lack of investigation of corruption by officials at the Commission’s hearings delayed

Nov 7, 2015

Delayed due to the lack of investigators in the corruption trial hearings, the commission said. Reinforcements are also being taken ... Read More

Missing Witness investigations in relation to the 3rd phase of the operation to start in the north

Missing Witness investigations in relation to the 3rd phase of the operation to start in the north

Nov 7, 2015

In connection with the investigations into the disappearances in the north witness the commencement of Phase 3 of the Presidential ... Read More

Cabinet Minister Rishad made peace in the turmoil of the President

Cabinet Minister Rishad made peace in the turmoil of the President

Nov 7, 2015

Resettlement of Northern Muslims, in relation to their basic needs during the cabinet meeting featured a heated situation. During the ... Read More

Justice Minister wants to sue Field Marshal SF

Justice Minister wants to sue Field Marshal SF

Nov 6, 2015

Following the remark by Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka that Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe had obtained bribes from Avant Garde Maritime ... Read More

BASL says illegal to keep political prisoners

BASL says illegal to keep political prisoners

Nov 6, 2015

Chairman of the Standing Committee on Rule of Law of the BASL, Lal Wijenayake, said a general amnesty or a ... Read More

Crew of USS Anchorage rescue stranded Sri Lankan-flagged fishing vessel

Crew of USS Anchorage rescue stranded Sri Lankan-flagged fishing vessel

Nov 6, 2015

US Navy says they have rescued a stranded Sri Lankan fishing vessel. San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage ... Read More

The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances as proposed in the US Resolution adopted recently will visit Sri Lanka from 9 to 18 November 2015

The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances as proposed in the US Resolution adopted recently will visit Sri Lanka from 9 to 18 November 2015

Nov 6, 2015

The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances as proposed in the US Resolution adopted recently will visit Sri ... Read More

Sri Lankan slippers former National security Aviser of India

Sri Lankan slippers former National security Aviser of India

Nov 6, 2015

A Tamil refugee in Tamil Nadu named Prabhakaran hurled his slipper at the former National Security Adviser M K Narayanan ... Read More

Spice Girls to reunite?

Spice Girls to reunite?

Nov 5, 2015

Mel C has confirmed they have staged talks about a possible comeback, and identified Hyde Park as a potential venue. ... Read More

Arctic Ocean to have less ice, more water by 2050s.

Arctic Ocean to have less ice, more water by 2050s.

Nov 5, 2015

Some sites in the Arctic Ocean — once covered by sea ice — may see more than 100 additional days ... Read More

Police Brutality against HNDA Students

Police Brutality against HNDA Students

Nov 5, 2015

CCC says law enforcement authorities to act with utmost responsibility The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce wishes to express its deep ... Read More

Deputy Minister Harsha de Silva says Sri Lanka’s anti-corruption efforts are not rhetorical

Deputy Minister Harsha de Silva says Sri Lanka’s anti-corruption efforts are not rhetorical

Nov 5, 2015

Addressing the high level segment of the Conference of State Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption in the Russian ... Read More

Canadian Master Class in Baking at the Prima Baking Training Center.

Canadian Master Class in Baking at the Prima Baking Training Center.

Nov 5, 2015

Canadian Master Class in Baking at the Prima Baking Training Center The High Commission of Canada in Sri Lanka in ... Read More

Hangman interviews on the 13th October

Hangman interviews on the 13th October

Oct 6, 2015

Twenty four applications had been received for two vacancies for the post of hangman in the Department of Prisons, Prisons ... Read More

Video: Parliament adjourned for 10 minutes

Video: Parliament adjourned for 10 minutes

Oct 6, 2015

Parliament was adjourned for 10 minutes following a tense situation when a group of United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MPs ... Read More