Anuruddha Ratwatte’s son Chanuka Ratwatte arrested

Colombo Mayor suspends fines charged related to parking meters

Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake today decided to suspend fines charged related to parking meters. Senanayake said that pending council approval she has given instructions to the Commissioner to suspend all fines charged relating to parking meters. The move comes after complaints were made with regards to the fines charged from drivers. One driver had told the media he had to pay Rs. 10,120 as a fine for failing to pay Rs.30 at a parking slot in Wellawatte. The driver claimed he had failed to p

18 May, 2018

Tamils in the North mourn victims of the final battle

Tamils in the North today mourned the victims of the final stages of the war between the LTTE and the military. Shops were closed in Jaffna and some parts of the North and East as a mark of respect to the hundreds of Tamils killed or missing. A commemoration event was also held in Mullivaikkal where the final battle took place before the LTTE was defeated on May 18, 2009 and the Government declared on May 19 that the war had ended. Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran attended th

18 May, 2018

Government urged to release list of forcibly disappeared

On the ninth anniversary of the end of the war, Amnesty International has called on the Government of Sri Lanka to provide information to the families of the disappeared, with detailed lists and information of persons who surrendered to the armed forces in the final phase of the war. The President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena, acknowledging the grievances presented by family members in June 2017,?promised that he would instruct the National Security Council to release these lists. Accord

17 May, 2018