No water in parts of Colombo for 21 hours on 10th July

Palaly airport to be a regional airport not international

The Government says the Palaly airport in Jaffna will be converted into a regional airport and not an international airport. Minister of Resettlement D.M. Swaminathan said that the Government wants to ensure the war displaced are given homes and resettled soon. He told war displaced families in Kopai that the Government wants to have flights between India and Sri Lanka to operate from Jaffna. He insisted that the Government has no plans to convert Palaly into an international airport and see

04 Mar, 2016

UN notes Lanka at an important stage in its post war recovery

The Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide to?UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon, Adama Dieng, says Sri Lanka is at an important stage in its post war recovery. He told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, during the ongoing 31st session, that Sri Lanka has a chance to make things right by investing in reconciliation and an impartial accountability process that would restore confidence and reduce the?risk of recurrence of the past violence. Meanwhile,?UN?Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq said

04 Mar, 2016

Six Indians connected to kidney racket arrested in Colombo

The police have arrested six Indians in Colombo who were connected to a major?kidney racket, the police said. The police said that the Indian nationals were arrested for violating local visa regulations.

04 Mar, 2016