TNA insists no threat to alliance following Jaffna demo

Illegal drugs seized by Police to be destroyed on April 1st

All illegal drugs seized by the Police will be destroyed on April 1st in Katunayake, President Maithripala Sirisena said. The drugs will be seized in the presence of judges and the Police. Large amounts of drugs were seized in Colombo and other parts of the country in the recent past. (Colombo Gazette)

06 Mar, 2019

US envoy and Defense Attach? visit China funded Hambantota port

A delegation headed by US Ambassador to Sri Lanka & Maldives, Alaina B. Teplitz, visited the Hambantota International Port, the port said in a statement today. The US and India have raised concerns over the port alleging it will be used for military purposes, an allegation China has consistently denied. The visit was a part of the US Government?s mission to meet senior Government and private sector officials, to discuss investment opportunities in Sri Lanka as well as to tour key economic deve

07 Mar, 2019

UK Supreme Court rules in favour of Sri Lankan asylum seeker

In what was termed as a landmark judgment, the UK Supreme Court has ruled that the lower courts were wrong to override the conclusions of a medical expert when considering forensic evidence of torture in a Sri Lankan asylum seeker’s claim. An asylum seeker from Sri Lanka, known as ?KV?, appealed a Home Office decision to refuse his asylum claim. Expert medical opinion presented to the tribunal, which assessed evidence of torture, concluded that the physical evidence of torture, mainly comprisin

06 Mar, 2019