Wimal makes statement before the CID

No rift with the US says Lanka

The Sri Lankan government says there is no rift with the United States despite differences of opinion on some issues. The government says genuine support received from the US in terms of technology, training, intelligence sharing and curbing the activities of LTTE front organizations in the US soil has been vital for Sri Lanka?s success in overcoming terrorism. A statement from the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington quoted Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya as saying that the US rendered unstinted s

14 Aug, 2013

Lankan arrested in Singapore

A Sri Lankan woman was arrested in Singapore after she was found in a vehicle inside a cabin. The immigration offender was found crouched behind a partition curtain in a vehicle by immigration officers, the Straits Times reported. Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officers had directed a departing Malaysia-registered lorry for checks at the cargo zone of the Tuas Checkpoint. The lorry was driven by a 54-year old Malaysian man. While checking the vehicle, officers noticed that the driver’s ca

14 Aug, 2013

Four lecturers at ?Eelam? event (Audio)

Intelligence information has revealed that four university lecturers have gone to London to attend a pro ?Eelam? event organized by the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE), the Military said today. Chief of Defence Staff General Jagath Jayasuriya told newspaper editors and heads of the electronic media, that this information came to light during a Security Council meeting in Colombo. He said that among the four lecturers who had gone this month to London is a lecturer from the Peraden

14 Aug, 2013