AG files indictment on Tissa for publishing false documents

Government ready to facilitate refugee returns (AUDIO)

The government says it is ready to facilitate the return of more Tamil refugees from India who will then be resettled in their village of original residence in the north and east. Minister of Resettlement Gunaratne Weerakoon told the Colombo Gazette that so far the refuges have been returning from India in small numbers with the assistance of the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). He said the Ministry of Resettlement and the Defence Ministry will assist refugees who want to return from I

02 Sep, 2012

G.L rushes to UK to discus travel advice

Sri Lanka External Affairs Minister G. L. Peiris left for London over the weekend in an attempt to meet British officials and urge them to withdraw a travel advisory on Sri Lanka, a government official said on Sunday. External Affairs Ministry Secretary Karunatilleke Amunugama told reporters that Peiris was hopeful of meeting his counterpart though it was still not confirmed. The advisory states there is an upsurge in nationalism and anti- Western rhetoric in Sri Lanka and cautioned Britons vi

02 Sep, 2012

Kuliyapitiya PS chairman arrested

The chairman of the Kuliyapitiya Pradeshiya Sabha (PS), Sampath Susantha, was arrested today over an incident which occurred on Friday. According to the police media unit, the PS chairman was the main suspect over an attack on two houses in Kuliyapitiya on Friday night. Following investigations the police had found that the Kuliyapitiya Pradeshiya Sabha chairman Sampath Susantha had been involved. The police arrested him as well as six others today after they had surrendered to the Kuliyapiti

02 Sep, 2012