Passenger arrested at BIA with 24 gold slabs

Ex LTTE negotiator tells TNA to push for Eelam

Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran, the head of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) and former LTTE peace negotiator, has called on the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to push for the creation of a State of Tamil Eelam. While congratulating the TNA on its victory at the Parliamentary Elections Rudrakumaran noted that during the election the TGTE appealed to the Tamil people to cast their votes based on certain fundamental positions instead of the usual approach of supporting a political par

03 Sep, 2015

Sampanthan named new opposition leader

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R Sampanthan, was today named as the new opposition leader in Parliament by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya. Jayasuriya said that the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) had given him a letter saying it will not be nominating anyone as opposition leader. As a result he said that Illangai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) leader and TNA leader R.?Sampanthan will be the new opposition leader. However UPFA member and National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa

03 Sep, 2015

Army says Sri Lanka overcame all waves of terror

The Sri Lanka army says?Sri Lanka could be the only country which has experienced and overcame all waves of terrorism. Major General Udaya Perera, speaking on the final day of the Defence Seminar in Colombo today,?noted that the international community should come together to prevent the 5th wave of terrorism in the offing since contours of terrorism have changed their facets in the course of the past century. Presenting his views under ?Changing Contours of Terrorism and Security Challenges?

02 Sep, 2015