Policemen injured during clash with protesters

Nine Indian fishermen arrested in Lankan waters

The Sri Lanka navy assisted the Coast Guard to arrest nine Indian fishermen and seized?two Indian fishing trawlers poaching in Sri Lankan waters north west of Analative island last night. The fishermen along with their trawlers were handed over to the officials of the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of Kankasanthurai, the navy media unit said. Meanwhile the navy assisted in the repatriation of four Indian fishermen released from Sri Lankan custody yesterday. They were handed ove

31 Jan, 2016

Rajapaksas accuse Government of taking political revenge

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family today accused the?Government of taking political revenge on them. The former President, who visited his son Yoshitha at the Welikada remand prison, said that it was not right to take revenge on his children. “It is better if they put me inside,” he said. Rajapaksa said that his son was preparing to sit for an exam on February 9 and 10 but now he?will not be able to sit for that exam. “This is good governance,” he said. The former President a

31 Jan, 2016

Yoshitha to be indicted on money laundering charges

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s 27-year-old son Yoshitha Rajapaksa, who is in judicial custody on money laundering charges, will be indicted in the High Court, police said today. The investigation was centred on the sources of the initial capital of the Carlton Sports Network (CSN) headed by Yoshitha Rajapaksa, a navy lieutenant and the second son of Rajapaksa, the Press Trust of India quoted Police Spokesman and Assistant Superintendent Ruwan Gunasekera as saying. Yoshitha, along with fo

31 Jan, 2016