Four inmates from Vavuniya Prison escape from custody

Australia sends back 31 Lankans

Australia has sent back another 31 Sri Lankan irregular maritime arrivals after they failed to meet Australia?s international obligations, the Australian High Commission said today. The group departed Christmas Island yesterday to be flown back to Colombol. Their return takes the number of Sri Lankans sent home to 1161 ? 950 of them involuntarily – since August last year. Australian Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Brendan O’Connor?said returning the group to Sri Lankans sends a powerful

23 May, 2013

Sri Lankans in people trafficking network

The National Investigations Department (DNI) in the Dominican Republic?arrested members of a people trafficking network with possible links to international terrorist cells, who used Dominican Republic as a bridge from Cuba, France, Spain, Sri Lanka and Haiti, Dominican today.com reported. The website said that DNI chief operating officer Fidel Paulino identified the Sri Lankan- Canadian Karunanithy Nallathamby as the group?s leader, arrested in Sosua, Puerto Plata, while Kanthaany Siresh or Sri

23 May, 2013

India playing critical role says Basil

Minister Basil Rajapaksa says India is playing a critical role in assisting the return of normalcy in the north and east. He said that the Housing Project undertaken by India in the north and east was indicative of the phased, timely and sequenced manner of India?s development assistance to Sri Lanka which has been based on requirements on the ground. He was speaking during the launch of the Indian Housing Project in the Eastern Province today, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said. Ministe

22 May, 2013