Soldier sentenced to death for Jaffna murders

Sri Lankan in Canada found guilty of 10 criminal offences

A Sri Lankan?man in Canada faces likely imprisonment after a judge found him guilty of 10 criminal offences, including forcible confinement involving a minor. Liginthan Mahendrarajah is also convicted of two other counts of forcible confinement, involving a man and a woman, two counts of assault, two counts of assault using a weapon, threatening to cause death, threatening to kill the victims’ pet dog, and entering a dwelling to commit an indictable offense, standard-freeholder.com reported. W

03 Aug, 2016

PM says political initiative will bring about political stability

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says the?National Government consisting of the country?s two major political parties headed by President Maithripala Sirisena is introducing a politics of convergence to consolidate democracy. He says this political initiative will bring about political stability and a bi-partisan agreement to formulate a stable economic and political framework ? an urgent need given decades of highly partisan and parochial politics. In this background economic reforms in Sri

02 Aug, 2016

Over 600 Lankan Tamil refugees in Chennai demand citizenship

Over?600 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Chennai staged a protest today demanding citizenship. They also submitted a letter to the Chief Minister?s Cell seeking citizenship and demanding that fines for overstaying in India be reduced. Sri Lankan refugees living outside the camp have to pay up a fine for overstaying in India. While many of refugees want to return home or go visit their relatives, they say the fine amount is very high for them to pay,?thenewsminute.com. ?We have to pay an amount of

01 Aug, 2016