Senior DIG arrested in Vithya murder case remanded

Sri Lanka raises strong objections with UNHRC President??

By Easwaran Rutnam? Sri Lanka has raised strong objections with the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), accusing the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of disregarding a request to publish the response of the Government to a damning report formally submitted to the Council last week. In a letter to the President of the??UN Human Rights Council, Nazhat Shameem, Sri Lanka notes that OHCHR had published an advance unedited version of its report on Sri Lanka in the list of docum

02 Mar, 2021

Copy of Easter attacks report handed over to Archbishop

A copy of the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) appointed to probe the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks was handed over to the Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith today (1). The copy was handed over to the Archbishop by officials from the Presidential Secretariat. A copy of the PCoI final report was also handed over to the Chief Prelates of the Three Sects in Kandy today. The final report of the PCoI probing the Easter Sunday attacks was handed

01 Mar, 2021

Crackdown on deforestation as climate change impacts Sri Lanka

The Sri Lanka Police is to launch special operations to crackdown on environmental crimes, especially deforestation. Police Spokesman, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ajith Rohana said the Police have received multiple reports on deforestation in various parts of the country. He said the Police force has been put on alert to monitor and act against such crimes. The Police will be conducting special operations in the future to prevent environmental crimes, and mainly deforestation, DIG Rohana s

02 Mar, 2021