World Bank approves soft loan of USD 1340 Million for Sri Lanka

Woman who gave refuge to prison bus attackers arrested

A?Woman who gave refuge to the Kalutara prison bus attackers was arrested today, the police said. The police said that another person was also arrested in connection to the incident. The?prison bus was shot at in Kalutara last month?killing seven people including an underworld member. Underworld member Aruna Udayashantha, alias Samayan, was killed in the shooting incident. Two prison officers were also killed in the shooting incident. The gunmen had been wearing clothes similar to a police u

17 Mar, 2017

Pirates release ship, Sri Lankan crew without ransom

Somali pirates released a hijacked oil tanker and its eight Sri Lankan crew on Thursday, a Somali security official and the pirates said, bringing the first hijacking since 2012 to an unusually swift conclusion without the payment of a ransom, the Reuters news agency reported. The release followed a gunfight earlier in the day between the pirates and the marine force, and then intensive negotiations between the marine force, clan elders and the pirates. “There has been discussion going on afte

17 Mar, 2017

More countries support resolution on Sri Lanka at UNHRC

More countries extended support to the resolution on Sri Lanka submitted to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) last week, strengthening Sri Lanka?s request for more time to address the issue on accountability over the war. Titled ?Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka? the draft text of the resolution had, as its main sponsors, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of Am

19 Mar, 2017