Ravi further remanded over bond scam

Police warn law breakers during big-match season

The police today warned it will take legal action against school boys and their supporters who violate the law during the ongoing school big-match season. A statement by the police media unit said that most boys tend to travel in open vehicles on the road waving their flags and at times?harassing?the public. Police spokesman SSP Budhika Siriwardena said that there have already been reports of young school boys breaking the law while celebrating on the streets in support of their schools. He said

02 Mar, 2013

HRW says government response discouraging

The preliminary government response to the new report and video by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sri Lanka has been discouraging, South Asia Director for Human Rights Watch Meenakshi Ganguly said. She told the Colombo Gazette that they hoped the government would take the allegations seriously and issue a strong message to its security forces. The report by the New York based Human Rights Watch had detailed a number of abuses of former LTTE detainees and others while in army and police custody. ?Pr

02 Mar, 2013

Ranil says Maithripala should go to Geneva

Opposition UNP leader Ranil Wickramasinghe says Minister Maithripala Sirisena should go to Geneva and complain that his human rights is being violated by the government. Speaking at an event in Kandy today Wickramasinghe said that Sirisena had alleged that a private newspaper was attempting to destroy his life. He quoted the Minister as saying that the private newspaper is more pro-government than the State owned Lake House newspapers and is yet trying to harm him. Wickramasinghe says that by sa

01 Mar, 2013