Speaker recommends parliament probe

Teens rape 75 year old woman

Two teenagers, aged 18 and 19, have been arrested for raping a 75 year old woman in Aralagangwila, the police media unit said today. According to the police the teens had raped the woman while she was alone at home on Saturday night. The two suspects are to be produced in court today. Meanwhile the police media unit also said that a 16 year old boy has been arrested for raping a 15 year old girl in Dambulla. The police said that the underage girl had an affair with the young boy and this had

30 Apr, 2012

UN official did not accuse military

The Defence Ministry says a UNDP demining expert had not accused the military of using cluster bombs during the war against the LTTE. A press statement by the Media Center for National Security (MCNS) said that allegations that have leveled against the Sri Lankan security forces claiming that they used cluster munitions during the Humanitarian Operations as baseless and not factual. MCNS said the allegation was a repetition of similar allegations that were made earlier on several occasions and

28 Apr, 2012

Lanka rejects IOC offer

Sri Lanka has rejected an Indian offer to upgrade a local refinery which is built to refine only Iranian oil. Petroleum Resources Minister Susil Premjayantha said that the offer to upgrade the Sapugaskanda oil refinery had come from the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) which operates most of the fuel sheds in Sri Lanka. He said that Sri Lanka needs to upgrade the facility in order to refine oil from other countries as the import of Iranian oil will be reduced owing to sanctions imposed on Iran by

29 Apr, 2012