Navy sailor found dead inside Colombo hotel

Army says it will remain in the North and look after the Tamils

The army will remain in the North and look after the Tamils, a senior army officer has said, virtually rejecting Northern Province Chief Minister CV Wigneswaran’s demand of withdrawal of military. “We are here to look after you, we will attend to all your needs,” military chief in the north Mahes Senanayake said, according to the Press Trust of India. He said that his job as the security forces commander in the north is to prevent a recurrence of conflict by looking after the Tamil community.

12 Jun, 2016

British Tamil ‘tortured and detained’ during Sri Lanka wedding trip

A British man has been detained and tortured in Sri Lanka after travelling to the south Asian country to get married, his family and human rights lawyers have claimed, according to The Guardian newspaper. Velauthapillai Renukaruban, 36, who lives in Ealing, arrived in the country of his birth on 1 June to marry Thajeepa Vinayagamoorthy, 27. The marriage had been arranged by the couple?s families and they had got to know each other by speaking on the phone over a period of months. The couple pl

12 Jun, 2016

Army engineers complete repairs to 51 affected homes in Kosgama

  Army troops, engaged in day and night cleaning, repairs and restoration commitments in Kosgama areas for explosion-affected civilians, in what could be considered a significant phase in the restoration of normalcy in public life, completed repairs to 51 houses by this?morning and enabled the occupants to return home, the army media unit said. The army said that the entire re-thatching of roofs, replacement of damaged tiles, asbestos or tin sheets, repairing or replacement of rafters or slopi

11 Jun, 2016