Missing Bandaragama businessman found while hiding

Now bus operators against 13 A

Private bus operators today said that they are against the 13th?Amendment?to the?constitution as well as the 18th Amendment?and want both abolished. Lanka Private Bus Operators Association (LPBOA) President Gemunu Wijeyratne said that private bus operators are even ready to launch a bus strike against the two constitutional amendments. Addressing a press briefing today?Wijeyratne said private bus operators will support any political group which stands against both?amendments. He also said tha

13 Nov, 2012

Military defends killings during prison riot

Sri Lanka’s military defended its soldiers who have been accused of massacring prisoners during a jail riot last week, saying the inmates were heavily armed and posed a public danger. The main opposition party has accused security forces of murdering in ?cold blood? at least 11 of the 27 inmates at the maximum-security Welikada jail in the capital Colombo during a riot that erupted late Friday. ?I reject these allegations (of a massacre) completely,? military spokesman Ruwan Wanigasooriya told

14 Nov, 2012

Ban to meet Petrie today on Lanka report

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will meet the head of the?Internal Review Panel on United Nations Action in Sri Lanka?Charles Petrie today, a UN spokesman said. UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said that he could not comment on the?BBC report citing the leaked report on Sri Lanka but the official report will be handed over to the UN Chief at today’s meeting. He also said that after the UN Secretary General reads the report it will be made public.

14 Nov, 2012