Japanese team warn of excessive gas levels at garbage dump

Leading underworld member shot dead in Veyangoda

A leading underworld member was shot dead in Veyangoda, the police said. The police said that ‘Udamvita Samare’ was killed near the?Veyangoda police station. Another person was injured in the shooting incident.

25 Dec, 2016

Snowden seeks help for Lankan family who helped him

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has made a Christmas request to his Twitter followers to help the refugee families, including a family from Sri Lanka, living in Hong Kong that sheltered him after he left the US and while he worked to expose the scope of the National Security Agency’s information-gathering, sputniknews.com reported. A fundraising effort was launched earlier this month for the individuals that helped Snowden. Their lawyer says the Hong Kong government has been retaliating against hi

26 Dec, 2016

Another Lasantha and Mahinda telephone conversation leaked

Another telephone conversation between slain journalist Lasantha Wickremetunga and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been leaked in the media. The telephone conversation leaked on the “srilankamirror” website has Wickremetunga and Rajapaksa having a conversation about a list containing the names of journalists under threat in the country. The list had been circulated to foreign missions in Colombo and Wickremetunga is heard telling Rajapaksa to obtain a copy of the letter from a few forei

24 Dec, 2016