Tamil detainees suspend hunger strike

Land mine blast in Jaffna

A land mine explosion in Jaffna today injured a mine clearence worker attached to a foreign agency, reports from Jaffna said. The explosion had taken place at Nagar Kovil when land mines were being cleared from a marked area. An employee of Halo Trust sustained facial injuries in the explosion and was taken to hospital. He was admitted to the Jaffna hospital for treatment. (Colombo Gazette)

12 Jul, 2013

KU help sought for KDU

The Defence Ministry has requested the University of Karachi (KU) to help establish a multidisciplinary research facility, like the International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, in the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU), the News in Pakistan reported. This was stated by the Director, ICCBS, Prof Dr Muhammad Iqbal Choudhry, while presiding over an official meeting held at the ICCBS on Thursday.He said that the KDU, which comes under th

12 Jul, 2013

Commonwealth to discuss concerns

The Commonwealth Secretariat in London says it is working with the?Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 task force in Sri Lanka on concerns raised over media accreditation for the November summit. Official spokesperson and Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the Commonwealth Secretariat, Richard Uku said the Commonwealth Secretariat welcomes applications from all journalists seeking media accreditation to the summit in Sri Lanka. He said that all media participating

12 Jul, 2013