Mothers who forced school to take children arrested and remanded

Prison superintendent will remain

The Superintendent of the Welikada prison will not be replaced despite the protest by prisoners on Tuesday, the Minister in charge of Prisons Chandrasiri Gajadeera said. He told The Sunday Leader that the prisoners were demanding the removal of the superintendent after he nabbed suspects attempting to smuggle drugs into the prison. Some prisoners had been nabbed attempting smuggle heroin into the prison premises concealed inside lunch packets. Inmates of the Welikada prison staged massive pro

26 Jan, 2012

Baby admitted in Delhi with human bite marks

NDTV pic A two year old battered and bruised baby girl is battling for her life at a hospital in New Delhi with fractured arms, head injuries and bite marks all over her body, the Indian media reported today. India?s NDTV television showed blurred images of the baby on life support at a Delhi hospital and said that the baby was in critical condition. The baby had been handed over to the hospital by a 15 year old girl who claims to be her mother and said that the baby had fallen from her bed.

26 Jan, 2012

Cops obtain court order on media protest

The police have obtained a court order on the protest to be staged by media organizations in Colombo this afternoon. The Fort Magistrate has ordered the police to make sure the demonstration is limited to the Fort railway station and does not hamper traffic in any way. Meanwhile the government says some groups who calli themselves ?free media? are creating problems in the country to justify the ?dollar payments? they are receiving from international elements. ?Sri Lanka has already committed

25 Jan, 2012