Attempt to smuggle ganja to Lanka foiled

Mass grave unearths ghosts from troubled past

A mass grave unearthed in Sri Lanka has stirred memories of the country’s bloody insurgencies and sparked calls for an official inquiry in the island nation that has drawn global scrutiny for its chequered human rights record. At a building site near a hospital in Matale, a central town 142 km (88 miles) from the capital, Colombo, excavators have found the skeletons, or parts of the skeletons, of at least 59 people. It is possible they died of natural causes many years ago but in a country roc

19 Dec, 2012

LTTE operative planning attacks in Lanka arrested in Chennai

Tamil Nadu ‘Q’ branch sleuths on Wednesday arrested a key LTTE operative and electronics expert and three men he had recruited in a plan to revive the banned organisation that had been decimated by Sri Lankan forces in 2009. Investigators made the arrests on information from the Sri Lankan army who recently apprehended two Sri Lankan Tamils on suspicion of attempting to rebuild the outfit. During questioning the men told Lankan officers about an attempt to regroup the LTTE by remaining members

20 Dec, 2012

No loss from Colombo night race

The Ministry of Finance and Planning, in a media statement, says there is no truth to claims that the Government has lost Rupees 2022 Million due to importing racing cars for the recent Colombo night race. There is no tax for Machinery, Jewellery, Motor Cars or any other items which are imported to this Country for development projects and exhibitions on a temporary basis which will be re-exported, the Ministry of Finance and Planning said. It said that the equipment or machinery brought to th

21 Dec, 2012