Prisoners escape in Kegalle after assaulting prison guards

Lankan in US files complaint for being paid for zero work

A Sri Lanka-born New York university staffer has filed a complaint against his varsity for paying him nearly USD 100,000 a year for “zero work” after he felt sick of spending most of his time at work feeding birds and squirrels and watching cricket, the Press Trust of India reported. Harendra “Harold” Sirisena joined City University of New York (CUNY) in 1995 after serving four years in the bursar’s office. His early years at City Tech college were highly productive and successful. But in 2003

21 Nov, 2016

Christian community not for largest Christmas tree

The Christian community in Sri Lanka, have in a joint statement, expressed disaapointment at the construction of a large Christmas tree at Galle Face in Colombo. A statement by the National Christian Council noted that the?birth of Jesus or the commonly celebrated ?Feast of Christmas?, is fundamentally a message and a commemoration of ?Hope?. “We are saddened to note the latest addition to the celebrations in the erection of the tallest ?Christmas Tree? in the world at Galle Face Green. What i

21 Nov, 2016

UN Committee orders Sri Lanka to compensate torture victim

A Toronto man who was imprisoned and tortured while visiting Sri Lanka must be compensated for the abuses he suffered, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled. The decision calls for Sri Lanka to prosecute those responsible and ?provide adequate compensation? to Roy Samathanam, a Canadian who had filed a complaint with the committee three years ago, The National Post reported. Samathanam, 46, called the ruling handed down in Geneva ?a measure of justice? in a statement to be releas

21 Nov, 2016