Four underage boys detained over violent videos

Ban imposed on Nazeer Ahamed from entering military camps lifted

The ban imposed on Eastern Province Chief Minister?Nazeer Ahamed from entering military camps has been lifted, the military said today. The ban was imposed?following an altercation the Chief Minister had with a Navy officer in Sampur recently. The?Eastern Province Chief Minister had verbally abused the?Navy officer in public during the opening ceremony of a science lab and computer unit at the Sampur Maha Vidyalayam. US Ambassador Atul Keshap was a guest at the event while?Governor of the Eas

30 May, 2016

Court orders army chief to submit reports on Lasantha murder

Army Commander?Lieutenant General Crishantha de Silva was today ordered by court to submit army intelligence reports related to the murder of journalist?Lasantha Wickremetunga, to the CID. Lasantha Wickrematunge, the Chief Editor of the popular English weekly The Sunday Leader, was assassinated on 8 January 2009 by four assailants who stopped him on his way to his office on Attidiya-Mt. Lavinia road. In an editorial written shortly before his death, and that was published posthumously, Wickrem

30 May, 2016

Swire says Lanka yet to fulfil commitments to international community

British?Minister of State in Charge of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office?Hugo Swire, says Sri Lanka is yet to fulfil the commitments made to the international community. Swire also supported the international approach to the human rights situation in Sri Lanka.?The British Minister expressed these views to The Hindu newspaper while on a visit to New Delhi. Swire discussed the issue of U.K. citizens in Tamil Nadu jails as well as the immediate issue of human rights in Sri Lanka during discuss

31 May, 2016