Maithripala’s son gets SLFP organiser post

Four arrested with 100kg of explosives and detonators

Four people have been arrested with 100kg of explosives and several other items, including detonators, the Police said. The?Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had made the arrest in?Wanathawilluwa in Puttalam. The Police said that the explosives and other items were found hidden in a coconut estate. (Colombo Gazette)

17 Jan, 2019

SLPP CMC member granted bail over CPC incident

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Colombo Municipal Council member K. G. Kulathissa, who was in remand over his involvement in the unrest at the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) premises in October, was granted bail today. Kulathissa was accused of preventing Minister Arjuna Ranatunga from performing his duties at the time at the CPC office. A tense situation arose at the CPC office in October when some employees and others attempting to assault?Ranatunga. Ranatunga?s security guard opened

18 Jan, 2019

Human rights report notes Sri Lanka’s failure to ensure accountability

Sri Lanka?s?political upheaval undermined stalled processes aimed at providing truth and justice for abuses from the country?s civil war, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its?World Report 2019. The crisis subsided after the Supreme Court ruled on December 13 that the president?s dissolving of parliament was unconstitutional, and Mahinda Rajapaksa stepped down as proclaimed prime minister. ?The many victims of Sri Lanka?s three-decade long civil war have seen their diminishing hopes f

17 Jan, 2019