Army Commander Crishanthe De Silva’s term extended

Sniper arrested in Maldives not from Lanka military

The Ministry of Defence says the sniper arrested in the Maldives recently is not from the Sri Lanka military. The Maldives media had reported that the police had arrested a Sri Lankan sniper from the Maldives days after a sniper rifle bullet was found in the biggest weapons bust in the country?s recent history. Haveeru reported that the sniper had served in the Sri Lankan military and that he was arrested a week ago and remains in custody.?Maldivian authorities, neither confirmed nor denied th

06 Nov, 2015

India, Lanka likely to sign key deal in May 2016

India and Sri Lanka will sign the India-Sri Lanka agreement on economic and technology cooperation hopefully by May 2016, revealed Esala Weerakoon, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in Odisha. ?After our Prime Minister visited India in September, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe agreed that we will sign an economic and technology cooperation agreement between the two countries. The agreement will not only cover trade but will cover investment and services. It?s

07 Nov, 2015

Navy files criminal case against 10 Indian fishermen

A Sri Lanka court has slapped criminal cases against 10 of the 19 fishermen from Pudukottai, 27 days after they were arrested at Killinochi, the Press Trust of India reported. S Emirit and P Sesuraja, President and Secretary respectively of Tamil Nadu Coastal Fishermen’s Association, said the navy had charged them for “deliberately” colliding their boat with the Sri Lankan high speed modern patrol boat and damaging it. The Judicial Magistrate Jawahabdeen remanded the fishermen till November 18

06 Nov, 2015