Kumar Gunaratnam sentenced to one year in jail and fined

Government assures political solution for Tamils

The Government has assured that a ?political solution for Tamils will be implemented through proposed constitutional reforms. Highways Minister Lakshman Kiriella said that the Government will hold talks with the Tamil political parties to reach a political solution for the North and East issue. He said that once the political solution is agreed upon it will be included in the?constitutional reforms which will be presented to Parliament for approval. “We will seek a 2/3 majority from Parliamen

21 Sep, 2015

Police probe laptop of suspect in child’s murder

The police are investigating the laptop used by one of the suspects involved in the murder of?the?4 1/2?year old child in?Kotadeniyawa. The police media unit said that pornographic materiel had been recovered from the laptop and it has been sent to the Colombo University in an attempt to gather more information on the data stored in the laptop. The police also said that DNA samples have been taken from the remains of the child,?Seya Sadewmini and the suspects for further investigations. The t

20 Sep, 2015

Northern fishermen to stage protest against India

Fishermen in the North have rejected a proposal to meet?Indian fishermen to discuss a solution to the fishing issue and have decided to stage a protest on Wednesday against India. The Indian Government had called for talks between Sri Lankan and?Tamil Nadu fishermen to discuss the fishermen issue. However Northern fishermen’s associations have said they have no faith in reaching a solution by having talks with Indian fishermen so they have rejected the proposal. Vinayagamoorthi Sahathevan, Co

20 Sep, 2015