Tamil MPs claim little done to assist war widows

Jaffna DIG, top cops transferred

The police headquarters announced the transfer of several policemen?including?the Jaffna?Deputy Inspector General of?Police?Erick?Perera with effect from tomorrow. Others being?transferred are DIG?Ravi Wijegunawardena from Trincomalee, DIG K. Jayaweera from Vavuniya and DIG N.D. Daluwatte from Killinochchi. The police headquarter said that the Ministry of Defence had approved the police?transfers. In all, 15 police officers will be?transferred?from tomorrow, the police media unit said. (Colombo

16 Feb, 2013

UNHRC voting members to attend GTF event

Foreign Ministry representatives from voting countries of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) are scheduled to attend a conference hosted by the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) in the British Parliament on the 27th of this month. A GTF spokesman said that British parliamentarians, both in the government and opposition, are among a host of invitees scheduled to address the conference. Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg, Senior Minister of State at the Foreign and Common

17 Feb, 2013

Sunday Leader journalist shot

Sunday Leader Journalist Faraz Shauketaly?was shot at by a group of unidentified men in his house at hotel road in Mount Lavinia. Shauketaly?received bullet injuries in his neck and was rushed to the Kalubowila Hospital. The gun-shot wounds were?however?not life threatening. Eyewitnesses said they saw three men running away from his room following the shooting incident. He was on the telephone with a journalist at the newspaper during the late hours of the night discussing a story which was to b

15 Feb, 2013