Ten convicts sentenced to death over 1998 murder

Army chief assures fair probe (Audio)

Army Commander Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake says the army cannot react to various claims being made over the Weliweriya incident and so action will be taken based on the outcome of the investigations carried out by the army board of inquiry. Speaking to reporters after meeting the chief prelates in Kandy today, Ratnayaka said that there may be reasons for the way some people reacted during the tensions in Weliweriya. However he said if there was some unfairness experienced on the part of th

03 Aug, 2013

TNA wants army out of Jaffna

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says contrary to claims by the military, thousands of troops are still in Jaffna. TNA leader R. Sampanthan said that while the army claims there are only 13,000 soldiers remaining in Jaffna, in reality the figure is over 100,000. He said that there are 15 army divisions in Jaffna and in each division there are some 10,000 soldiers. The TNA leader said that his party had mentioned this even in parliament but it was never denied by the government. He noted that wh

04 Aug, 2013

WPC, two others interdicted

A Woman Police Constable (WPC) and two policemen attached to the Borellesgamuwa police station have been interdicted. They were interdicted on the orders of IGP N.K. Illangakoon, police sources told the Colombo Gazette. The?Borellesgamuwa police had arrested a woman yesterday over an offence and detained her at the Borellesgamuwa police station. However the suspect had managed to escape from the police station last evening undetected. As a result the IGP had ordered the three police constables t

03 Aug, 2013