Sri Lanka, Bangladesh discuss strengthening ties

Sri Lanka to open a space academy

Artistic image of the proposed space academy Sri Lanka and China have signed a deal to open Sri Lanka’s first space academy which will eventually manage Sri Lanka’s first satellite scheduled to be launched in 2015. The Supreme Group, a Sri Lankan company, signed two landmark investment agreements with China’s state owned companies in the fields of Aerospace and Natural Resources. The agreement signing ceremony was held in Kandy where the foundation laying ceremony for Sri Lanka’s first and on

15 Aug, 2012

Over 15,000 unable to pay fine

A Sri Lankan official said Wednesday that over 15,000 prisoners are being detained as they were unable to pay fine. The official from the Prisons Department said on condition of anonymity that over the year 2011, 15,306 persons were sent to prison for their failure to pay fine. “This was more than the half of the total number of prisoners entering the prisons over the year,” the official said. Failure to pay fine has become a major contributor to prison congestion in Sri Lanka. In order to g

15 Aug, 2012

Canada orders release of two Tamils

Canada’s British Columbia (B.C.) Supreme Court has ordered the release of two Ontario men charged in the smuggling into Canada of 492 Tamils aboard a freighter off the B.C. coast. Nadarajah Mahendran and Thampeernayagam Rajaratnam were charged in June with organizing illegal entry into Canada in violation of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. They were brought to B.C. and appeared in a Vancouver courtroom Monday following an application to be released on bail. The reasons for judgmen

13 Aug, 2012