Mahinda has faith in the new Parliament

International media rights groups want probe on attack on editor

Sri Lankan authorities should ensure a thorough investigation into an attack on the editor of the Sinhala-language Meepura newspaper Thursday and hold the perpetrators responsible, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Freddy Gamage was walking to his vehicle after covering a local government council meeting in the town of Negombo, when two men wearing helmets with full face masks assaulted the editor, according to Meepura and a Government statement condemning the attack. The men hi

04 Jun, 2016

Government insists domestic process on war probe underway

The Government today insisted that the domestic process on investigating incidents related to the war was underway. Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said that the Cabinet approval given to create an office on missing persons was part of the domestic accountability process. He also dismissed claims that 40,000 civilians were killed during the war. Samarasinghe said that a former Colombo based UN official had made the claims about the?40,000 death toll and this was quoted as the source in a?UN pan

03 Jun, 2016

Key discussion held on meeting target to make Sri Lanka mine free

Minister of Prison Reforms Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs DM Swaminathan held a meeting today with the mine action operators to discuss about the Government?s target of making Sri Lanka free of mine impact by 2020. The meeting focussed on achieving the set demining target specified in the Sri Lanka National Mine Action Strategy Report which was released on 25th May. The mine operators directed Minister Swaminathan?s attention towards the importance of Sri Lanka becomi

03 Jun, 2016