Premalal takes oaths as Kotte Mayor

Legal action on some websites

The government is to file legal action against some websites which published defamatory articles on the Sri Lankan President and his family. Media Minister ?Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena told reporters today that he had submitted a report to President Mahinda Rajapaksa regarding websites which continuously target the President . Yapa said that while Sri Lankan newspapers and the electronic media can be monitored and approached for clarifications, it is difficult to do the same on the various websi

29 Mar, 2012

Pirates to set Sri Lankans free

Somali pirates have agreed to release the crew of a ship hijacked in November 2010 which includes seven Sri Lankans, the Gulf News reported. The cargo ship MV Albedo was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. Although, no ransom is being paid, the representatives of the families, led by senior political leaders from Pakistan have successfully negotiated with the pirates to pay the expenses incurred by them since they were captured. The pirates had initially demanded a ransom of $10 mi

30 Mar, 2012

Two arrested over assault

The police said that two people were taken into custody over the assault on a lawyer who appeared on behalf of the suspects in the Kotte Rajamahavihara Temple double murder case. Sumith Silva who appeared for the suspects in the case involving the murder of two Monks at the Rajamaha Viharaya, was assaulted outside Magistrates Courts in Gangodawila last week. Agitated by this incident a group of lawyers from Colombo decided to boycott courts today. Attorney-at-Law Goonaratne Wanninayake the la

29 Mar, 2012