Frontline Socialist Party propaganda secretary Pubudu Jagoda arrested

Hurdles in Lanka and India hold up release

Legal hurdles both in Sri Lanka and India are apparently holding up the release of 120 Tamil Nadu fishermen and 34 Lankan fishermen currently in detention in Lanka and India respectively, the New Indian Express reported. A highly placed Lankan source told Express that the Lankan authorities are hamstrung by the fact that 11 out of the 120 TN fishermen in their custody have cases of assault against them. While the Lankan Foreign and Fisheries Ministries favor early release all the Indian detaine

02 Nov, 2015

Karuna again blames LTTE leader for defeat

Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman, who was Special Commander of the LTTE in the eastern Sri Lankan districts of Batticaloa and Ampara, says that the rift between him and LTTE Supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran took place in December 2002 when the Tiger chieftain accused him of ?betrayal? of the kind Mahendrarajah alias Mahatthya was accused of in the early 1990s and executed. Prabhakaran was livid with Karuna for persuading his chief negotiator, Anton Balasingham, to sign the December

01 Nov, 2015

President leaves for Thailand on 4 day visit

President Maithripala Sirisena left?for Thailand today on a four day state visit. Prime Minister of Thailand General Prayut Chan-o-cha invited President Sirisena to participate in the ceremony to mark the 60th?anniversary of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and Thailand. During this visit, the President will hold discussions with the Princess of Thailand and the Prime Minister of Thailand. The discussions will focus on strengthening the?Buddhist relationship between the two countries. P

01 Nov, 2015