The Colombo Chief Magistrate Champa Janaki today released eight aides of General Sarath Fonseka who were arrested by the CID soon after the recently concluded Presidential Election.

Charges will be framed against former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka in civil courts under the Penal Code and Exchange Control Act, Government Spokesperson Prof. G.L. Peiris said.

The Colombo court today ordered the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) to provide adequate evidence against a group of suspects who were arrested and who are now out on bail over a clash between protestors and riot police in Hulsdorf recently.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown added to the controversy created by his Foreign Secretary David Miliband by turning up for an event yesterday, an event which the Sri Lankan government had described as being in support of the LTTE.

The United National Front (UNF) is currently at a meeting and is expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) tonight on the upcoming General Elections. Party leaders of the alliance are attending the meeting

Australian envoy John McCarthy, a special envoy of the Australian Prime Minister, met President Mahinda Rajapaksa this evening and discussed a range of issues including preventing would be illegal immigrants from Sri Lanka reaching Australia.

A young monk died and another is in a serious condition after they were washed away by strong currents while bathing with at least 30 other junior monks at sea in Trincomalee this evening. The Seruwila police are investigating the incide

Opposition leader of the Uva Provincial Council Upali Samaraweeera (UNP) was remanded today after he surrendered to the police over a shooting incident on a group of UPFA supporters at Ambagasdowa last month during the Presidential polls.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband speaking at the Global Tamil Forum in London a short while ago heavily criticized the LTTE for the violence it created and for its use of child soldiers.

An unidentified body was found near Parliament this afternoon. Police said that the decomposed body was found in the lake near the official residence of the Parliament Speaker.  Investigations are underway.

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama summoned the British Acting High Commissioner in Colombo this morning to express Sri Lanka’s opposition towards British Foreign Secretary David Miliband attending a pro LTTE event.

Democratic National Alliance Leader General Sarath Fonseka signed his nomination papers while under detention today to contest the General Elections from the Colombo District.

The government claims that US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian affairs Robert Blake has no right whatsoever to dictate terms to Sri Lanka on its judicial process adopted on the allegations against General Sarath Fonseka.

General Sarath Fonseka today rejected the latest invitation to join the United National Front (UNF) alliance, former parliamentarian Mano Ganeshan told Daily Mirror online. The alliance will meet in a short while to discuss the issue.

A group of representatives from some international organizations, including human rights groups, are in Sri Lanka to monitor General Sarath Fonseka’s arrest and his legal proceedings, Mrs. Anoma Fonseka told Daily Mirror online.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, in a written statement to the British House of Commons, urged President Mahinda Rajapakse to use his new mandate to make real progress on national reconciliation, the British Foreign office said.

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The military is investigating claims that a young girl in Batticaloa was “abused” by troops recently and the suspects will be put before an identification parade this week, Military spokesman Major General Prasad Samarasinghe told Dail

Two police officers and a civil defense force personal have been suspended over an incident at Inginiyagala while the Officer in Charge of the Inginiyagala police has also been transferred to Ampara, police spokesman SP Preshantha Jayakody said.

UNP leader Ranil Wickramasingha met Mrs. Anoma Fonseka this morning and invited her and her husband General Sarath Fonseka to join the UNF alliance to contest the upcoming General Election under the elephant symbol, the UNP told Daily Mirror Online.

A Ukrainian couple were arrested today by the police in connection with the murder of two individuals in Nawala, including a seven year old boy. The boy and his servant were found dead in their house at Nawala. Another foreigner was admitted to ho

The Criminal Investigations Department’s (CID) informed Court today that although a warrant had been issued for Dhanuna Tillekaratne he was still absconding. The CID also told Court it had searched some places he had been hiding. 

{jcomments off}The Supreme Court today refused to release General Sarath Fonseka, following a fundamental rights petition filed by him through his wife Anoma Fonseka, but allowed access to his immediate family members and lawyers.

One person died, at least 28 others were believed to have sustained injuries and were admitted to the Panadura hospital following an accident between two passenger buses at Waduwa a short while ago. One bus had overturned follo

Private bus operators have requested the Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayaka to impose a ban on politicians pasting election related posters on private buses, President of the Private bus operators association Gemunu Wijeratna said.

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake says the US is not satisfied with the manner in which the Sri Lankan government has handled the issue of former Sri Lankan Army chief General Sarath Fonseka

The government says it has not set a deadline for the resettlement of the remaining Internally Displaced People (IDP) who are still in camps. Indian sources had said the government had informed India that all the IDPs will be resettled by March end

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in India has asked the Sri Lanka government to provide more documentary evidence about the death of LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran, the prime accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case of 1991.

The LTTE, after being defeated militarily, is now attempting to use its ‘white collar’ activists to achieve its objectives, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said adding that countries like Sri Lanka and the Maldives were vulnerable

 The police strongly denied claims that they had murdered a farmer in Inginiyagala and insisted that he had died after escaping police custody and jumping into the Inginiyagala Samudra lake. The death of the farmer had sparked tensions in the ar