Police use tear gas to disperse protest by university students

Muralitharan insists he never supported killing of innocent people

Sri Lankan cricketing star Muttiah Muralitharan on Friday said he had never justified the killings of innocent Tamils in the island nation, the New Indian Express reported. In a detailed statement in Tamil, issued in the wake of the political row over his biopic titled??800?, Muralitharan explained his experience of living through the civil war in Sri Lanka as a Tamil. The movie, which stars Vijay Sethupathi, has faced condemnation from political parties and fringe Tamil outfits, with even som

17 Oct, 2020

Chinese captain rescued by Sri Lanka arrested in Taiwan over slaughter at sea

A Chinese captain, who had been rescued by Sri Lanka, has been arrested in Taiwan over the mysterious killings of a boat crew who were shot dead in the Indian Ocean eight years ago, the Daily Mail reported. Horrifying footage shows the men being massacred in the water as they clung to the debris of a small boat, before a group of sailors laugh together on the fishing vessel Ping Shin 101 from which the shots were fired. The killings are shrouded in mystery because the identities of the victims

16 Oct, 2020

Complaint filed with HRCSL over unsafe quarantine process

A complaint has been filed with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) over the alleged arbitrary and illegal manner in which factory workers were recently rounded up. The complaint also alleges the cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment of the factory workers as well as restriction on their freedom of movement and discrimination based on economic and social status of the workers. The complaint has been made by Chamila Thushari, Chandra Devanarayana, Ashila Dandeniya and Sr. Noel Chr

17 Oct, 2020