Fire rages through several houses in Maharagama

First informal meeting on Lanka on September 17

An?informal meeting will take place to gather support for?Sri Lanka on the sidelines of the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council on September 17 at the UN building in Geneva. The United States last week set in motion an operation to seek support for Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva and the process will see heightened diplomatic activity as d-day nears for Sri Lanka at the Council. The US Ambassador to Geneva Keith Harper informed the UNHRC at its organizational

30 Aug, 2015

Karuna denies helping the army defeat the LTTE

Former LTTE eastern commander Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman has denied claims?that he helped the army defeat the LTTE. In an interview with a Tamil television station,?Karuna Amman said that the LTTE became weak after he defected from the outfit with several other LTTE members. However he insisted that he was never directly involved with the army in the war to defeat the LTTE. “There was no need for me to tell the army where the LTTE had camps. Technology was so good that the

29 Aug, 2015

Strict laws to stop use of polythene and asbestos

President Maithripala Sirisena says he would enforce strict laws from January 1, 2016 to prevent use of polythene which is a major threat to the environment and the health of the people. He added he would totally ban the production of polythene from January 1, 2018. The President made these remarks at a ceremony held today (Aug. 29) at the President?s House in Kandy to present certificates to the school children in Kandy District for the environmental service program. President Sirisena recal

29 Aug, 2015