Soldier commits suicide in Mankulam

Bangladesh dressing room damaged after heated Sri Lanka match

The dressing room of the Bangladesh cricket team was found damaged following a heated cricket match with Sri Lanka in Colombo. Bangladesh won the match and knocked out Sri Lanka from the final of the tri-nation tournament which also features India. India is already in the final and Bangladesh and hosts Sri Lanka battled it out for a chance to enter the final. The game got heated when the Bangladesh team felt they had not been awarded no-balls for the height of some deliveries bowled by Sri La

16 Mar, 2018

GTF urges UNHRC to push for time-bound action plan in Sri Lanka

The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) says?Tamils have lost faith in the coalition Government in Sri Lanka. The London based Tamil diaspora group said that the confidence level among the Tamil community that Sri Lanka will fully implement its commitments?under UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution?30/1 in a faithful and timely manner is presently at its lowest. “The outcomes of the local council elections, the recent anti-Muslim violence, and the fact that the present coalition government at its h

17 Mar, 2018

President removes state of emergency as situation back to normal

President Maithripala Sirisena removed the state of emergency today as the?situation in the country had returned to normal. The President, who returned to Sri Lanka last night from a visit to Japan, said that he had revoked the state of emergency from today. “Returned from a very successful tour of Japan, that brings many short and long terms benefits to us. Upon assessing the public safety situation, I instructed to revoke the State of Emergency,” the President tweeted. The state of emergenc

18 Mar, 2018