Guterres offers support to Office of Missing Persons

Sri Lanka calls for an end to bottom trawling

Sri Lanka on Sunday urged India to ?expeditiously? end unsustainable industrial-scale fishing in the coastal waters between the two countries, The Hindu newspaper reported. Addressing presspersons in India, a?day after both sides agreed to set up a Joint Working Group on the fishermen issue, a member of the Sri Lankan Parliament, M.A. Sumanthiran, said Indian trawlers were using heavy-duty fishing techniques in the coastal waters that must be ended at the ?earliest?. ?Both sides made significa

07 Nov, 2016

Wimal appears before FCID to record a statement

Former Minister Wimal Weerawansa appeared before the police Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) today to record a statement. Weerawansa was asked to appear to make a statement on the alleged misuse of Government vehicles. The Parliamentarian was accused of misusing Government vehicles when he was the Minister of Housing.

07 Nov, 2016

Over 18 foot long crocodile captured in Matara

A crocodile, over 18 feet long, was captured in Matara and released back into the Nilwala river. The crocodile had surfaced from the river and entered a village in Welegoda, Matara. Villagers and Wildlife officers got together and captured the crocodile and transported it by tractor to the river. Wildlife officers said the crocodile had three legs and it was believed the animal was born with the deformity. (Colombo Gazette)                         Click images to enlarge

07 Nov, 2016