Canada says end state of emergency
Canada, home to the biggest Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, has urged Sri Lanka to lift the state of emergency imposed during the onslaught on the Tamil Tigers. ...
[Views:17] [Fri, Mar 12, 2010] [Full Article]

SF Court martial next week
General Sarath Fonseka is to be produced before a court martial next week over seven charges including for engaging in politics while serving in the army and violating army regulations when procuring weapons, the military said. ...
[Views:14] [Fri, Mar 12, 2010] [Full Article]

Warrant issued against JMO
The Colombo Fort Magistrate today issued an arrest warrant on the Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) for failing to submit a detailed post mortem report on B. Sivakumar the mentally unstable youth who was allegedly drowned by the police in Bambalapitiya ...
[Views:23] [Fri, Mar 12, 2010] [Full Article]

SF court martial to be challenged
The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) will file a case in the Colombo High Court this week, challenging the government’s decision to court martial former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka (SF), the JVP said. According to media reports, the mil ...
[Views:24] [Fri, Mar 12, 2010] [Full Article]

Largest heroin haul nabbed
The Kalpitiya police seized 40 kg of herion in the early hours of today from Chilaw, the largest ever herion haul to be nabbed in Sri Lanka, police said. The value of the heroin is an estimated Rs. 240 million. ...
[Views:18] [Fri, Mar 12, 2010] [Full Article]

Clash erupts in Passara
A clash has erupted in Passara between supporters of CWC Leader Arumugam Thondaman and Former Deputy Health Minister Wadiwel Suresh. Minister Thondaman alleged that the Deputy Minister tried to shoot him while the Deputy Minister alleged that his off ...
[Views:50] [Thu, Mar 11, 2010] [Full Article]

Exiled journalists asked to return
Sri Lanka's Attorney General Mohan Peiris has said he was prepared to offer protection to any of the nation’s journalists who return to the country from exile, the US based media rights group, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said ...
[Views:28] [Thu, Mar 11, 2010] [Full Article]

Clinton presents award to Majeed
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented the Women of Courage award to Sri Lanka’s Jansila Majeed at a ceremony held at the US State Department in Washington, Wednesday. Majeed was among 10 recipients of the 2010 award. US First lady Michelle ...
[Views:52] [Thu, Mar 11, 2010] [Full Article]

Lanka unmoved by LTTE lobbyists
The government says senior officials will continue with their overseas visits as scheduled despite the threat posed by some LTTE lobbyists in the west. Government Defence Spokesperson Keheliya Rambukwella told Daily Mirror online that despite the LTT ...
[Views:45] [Thu, Mar 11, 2010] [Full Article]

UK explains Miliband’s actions
A visiting British official today explained to Sri Lanka that UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s recent participation at the Global Tamil Forum conference in London was aimed at encouraging them to support efforts to achieve peace in Sri Lanka. ...
[Views:38] [Thu, Mar 11, 2010] [Full Article]

Government to monitor NGOs
The government said today that there must be a surveillance mechanism to monitor the funds and activities of NGOs to ensure that they do not work against the government, a senior government minister said. ...
[Views:16] [Thu, Mar 11, 2010] [Full Article]

TMVP demands 13th amendment
The Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) has demanded the implementation of the 13th amendment soon after the General Elections and has also rejected the Oslo Declaration, party officials said today. ...
[Views:25] [Thu, Mar 11, 2010] [Full Article]

Lankan team to head for EU
A Sri Lankan delegation will head to Brussels next week for talks with the European Union (EU) on the GSP plus trade concession and other issues, Minister G.L Pieris told reporters today. ...
[Views:20] [Thu, Mar 11, 2010] [Full Article]

Dayananda to discuss polls
Elections Chief Dayananda Dissanayaka will hold a meeting with political party secretaries on Friday to discuss election related issues and the possibility of having foreign counting agents at the centers, an official at the Elections Department told ...
[Views:21] [Thu, Mar 11, 2010] [Full Article]

CPA raises concern, writes to President over ‘unconfirmed’ media reports
If media reports are true to the effect that state intelligence agencies have been compiling a list or lists of individuals on the basis of perceived or alleged political allegiances, it is cause for serious concern in a number of ways, states a medi ...
[Views:70] [Wed, Mar 10, 2010] [Full Article]

Experts only after Pascoe’s visit
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will appoint members to his expert committee only after UN Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Mr. Lynn Pascoe visits Sri Lanka to hold discussions with the government, a top UN official in New York told ...
[Views:28] [Wed, Mar 10, 2010] [Full Article]

UK official here for talks
An official from the British Foreign office is due in Sri Lanka on a two day visit today for talks with Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry said and the recent controversy involving UK Foreign Secretary David Miliban ...
[Views:38] [Wed, Mar 10, 2010] [Full Article]

CID to trace Dhanuna through ISP
The CID informed the Colombo Court Magistrate today that it had obtained the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses used by Dhanuna Thilakaranthna and were trying to trace his whereabouts through this information. ...
[Views:58] [Wed, Mar 10, 2010] [Full Article]