Deputy Minister of Public Order dies after illness

Nasheed arrives in Sri Lanka, days ahead of return home from exile

Former President Mohamed Nasheed arrived in Sri Lanka on Monday afternoon, Raajje TV reported. He traveled to Colombo from the United Kingdom, where he spoke at an event at the SOAS South Asia Institute (SSAI) this past weekend. Nasheed, who was jailed to 13 years in March 2015, was granted political asylum in the UK in January 2016 after being allowed to travel there for medical purposes. Speaking at the ?Defending Democracy from Exile: The Maldives Opposition 2012-2018? on Friday, Nasheed e

23 Oct, 2018

Voice recordings of former DIG Nalaka and Namal match

The voice recordings of former DIG Nalaka de Silva and activist Namal Kumara match, the Government analyst department informed court today. Court was told that 123 of 124 voice clips recorded off a conversation held between former DIG Nalaka de Silva and activist Namal Kumara had found to match their voices. Police are investigating a claim of a plot to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Details of the plot emerged from a telephone conv

23 Oct, 2018

Five Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested in Sri Lankan waters

At least five Indian fishermen belonging to?Nagapattinam?in?Tamil Nadu?were apprehended by the?Sri Lankan?Navy?from?Neduntheevu?in northern?Sri Lanka?on Tuesday, IANS reported. The?navy?authorities also recovered a mechanised boat from the fishermen. Straying of Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen into each other’s waters is a recurrent problem as territories on the sea are not clearly demarcated. According to media reports,?Tamil Nadu?Chief Minister?Edappadi K Palaniswami?last week wrote a lette

23 Oct, 2018