Major General Vikum Liyanage appointed Army Chief of Staff

Maldives Supreme Court quashes Nasheed’s terror conviction

The Maldives Supreme Court today overturned a terror charge conviction against former President Mohamed Nasheed. A three-member bench ruled that Nasheed was ?wrongfully charged?, criticizing the lower court for accepting the case and proceeding with it, local media reported. The ruling also noted that prior to the judge?s arrest, there had been police reports of him obstructing their work using his influence within the Government, Raajje TV reported. Further noting that the military had faile

26 Nov, 2018

UNP says President cannot decide who is PM

The United National Party (UNP) today insisted that?President Maithripala Sirisena cannot decide who can be the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, based on his?personal vendettas. UNP Chairman?Kabir Hashim said noted that?the President is reported to have said that he will not appoint Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Prime Minister in his life time even if legally proven that he commands the confidence of the majority in the house. “This is yet another blatant violation of the fundamentals of Parliamenta

26 Nov, 2018

Sivajilingham arrested while remembering Prabakaran’s birthday

Former Northern Provincial Council member M.K.?Sivajilingham was arrested today when he attempted to commemorate the birth anniversary of slain LTTE leader Vellupillai Prabakaran. Sivajilingham was released after being questioned by the Police. Meanwhile, events were held in the North today in support of Prabakaran. Celebrations were held at the Jaffna University as well as at other locations. Heavy Police security was reported in the North to prevent pro-LTTE events from taking place. The

26 Nov, 2018