Isura Devapriya takes over Warnasinghe’s post

Uthayan Editor grilled by CID

The Editor of the Jaffna based Uthayan newspaper was questioned by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over a news report regarding army commander Jagath Jayasuriya, the newspaper said today. CID officers from Colombo had visited the Jaffan newspaper office yesterday and taken the Editor to the Jaffna police station and questioned him for some three hours. The Tamil newspaper said that its Editor was quizzed by two CID officers regarding the news item which appeared in the newspaper o

19 Jul, 2012

Kahawatte turns killing fields

Kahawatte turned into a killing field today with the discovery of the charred bodies of another woman and her daughter. The police media unit said that the burnt bodies of a 63 year old woman and her 32 year old daughter were found in the house early this morning. Initially the police received information that a house in the area had caught fire and when the police went to investigate they found the two burnt bodies inside. The police have begun investigating the incident as a crime and not a

19 Jul, 2012

Malaysia asked where money for Lanka went

Malaysia?s Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy has been asked to clarify where the money collected under the Sri Lanka Tamil War Victims Relief Fund in 2009 has gone, the Malaysian media reported today. G Asoghan, chairman of the Jalan Bagan Luar branch, said Ramasamy must explain what happened to the estimated RM73,000 collected from mainly Malaysian Indians for the fund. He said his branch was indirectly involved in the issue as it organised the first meeting of the relief fund commit

18 Jul, 2012