Jailed former Army Commander of Sri Lanka Sarath Fonseka, who led the Eelam war IV against the Tamil Tigers and helped win it, is set to be released shortly
A bomb has been hurled at the residence of Marawila Additional District Judge and Magistrate Chandana Kalansuriya at Marawila a short while ago. No casualties reported, police said
Giving evidence in the case filed against Dhanuna Tillekeratne’s grandmother, a domestic aide who had been employed at her home told Court that Mrs. Tillekeratne (grandmother) had not been at her residence when Dhanuna Tillekeratne arrived there on February, 2010
Two woman police constables and a home guard were interdicted for their alleged involvement in a fraud in the Matale Police Headquarters. They are alleged to have misappropriated the reward fund
Twenty-three police officers- including three SSPs, four SPs and four ASPs were transferred with immediate effect based on service requirements, the Police Headquarters announced.
The man who allegedly purchased the ship-Sun Sea-that carried 492 Tamils to Canada has been charged with illegally organizing its entry, as has another person who was onboard the rickety craft.
The parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has in its inquiries found that two politically influential mill owners in the Polonnaruwa district have defaulted on the repayment of loans amounting to Rs.300 million borrowed from a state bank, it is learnt.
The United National Party (UNP) said today there were questions whether the Government was genuine about Monday’s bilateral talks with the UNP though there was the possibility of a broad dialogue with all opposition political parties to resolve the national issue.
A liquid petroleum gas pipeline explosion at a crab packing factory in Dankotuwa this morning left 18 workers suffering from respiratory problems and requiring hospital treatment, police said. They said except for one all the others are women.
The Meteorological Department today warned that heavy showers will be expected in the coming weeks with the Southwest monsoon condition becoming active over Sri Lanka.
A group of international cricket players, including Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya say they are still waiting to get paid after participating in a marquee event in Toronto this past weekend.
Amid the death of an Indian worker at a Gampaha steel factory, immigration and emigration authorities are asking people to help trace foreigners working in Sri Lanka without valid work permits, officials said yesterday.
Five French Nationals on a Habarana Elephant Safari were admitted to the Habarana Hospital after falling from the elephant they were riding. A hospital spokesman said four of them left the hospital as they had minor injuries while another was still getting treatment as his condition was serious.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Students and parents staged a protest in front of the Education Ministry in Isurupaya today against the new circular brought to stop students moving from a national school to another. The protest was organized by the National Movement to Protect Schools. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi
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Democracy is practically non-existent in a political autocracy in whatever democratic name it may choose to call itself and no autocracy has been benevolent to the people.
By: Dr. Ajith C. S. Perera
On 27th April last year, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka paved the way, for a formidable and sustainable national economy and an enhanced human rights image – two imperative needs to take Sri Lanka to the next higher level.
All wars that end in victory may provide a platform for peace. Yet the victory alone cannot replace the harmony expected by a war-torn citizenry, whose staple food was gnawing sense of uncertainty.
By Imran Furkun
The world today is experiencing some truly historic times. Not since the early 1990s where the fall of Communism ushered in democratic ideals around the world has there been so much profound change in the...