Police open fire on vehicle smuggling illicit drugs

Gota in Uganda for talks

Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajabaksa has jetted into Uganda to promote bilateral security among both nations, New Vision, Uganda’s leading daily reported today. The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Uganda, Vellupillai Kananathan, said Rajapaksa is in Uganda on a working state visit and would spend five days in the country. ?He will have a chance to meet with President Museveni, and the Commander of Defense Forces to discuss defense issues and also meet a technical team from the ministry of defens

20 Jul, 2013

NGO to be questioned

A Malaysian NGO is to be questioned next week over its screening of the controversial film??No Fire Zone, the Killing Fields of Sri Lanka? in Malaysia. KOMAS Director Tan Jo Hann said in a statement that he had received a fax notice from the Malaysian Home Affairs Ministry requiring him to be present at their office to record his statement on the issue. Tan being summoned to have his statement recorded is related to KOMAS screening of the film ?No Fire Zone, the Killing Fields of Sri Lanka? that

20 Jul, 2013

Lankans involved in Nauru riot

Police and security guards have restored order at the detention centre on Nauru in Australia after a full-scale riot broke out last night when detainees, mostly Sri Lankans attacked the police and tried to escape, Australian media reports said. Nine News reported today that up to 60 detainees were held overnight at the island’s police station following the outbreak of violence on Friday afternoon. There were reports up to 500 people may have escaped the facility but a spokeswoman from the Austra

20 Jul, 2013