Separate bus lane to be implemented around the island

Shivajilingam writes to Zeid on war crimes report

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) member of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC),?M K Shivajilingam, has written to the?United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights?Zeid Ra?ad Al Hussein, urging him to ensure the investigations on on the war is?purely an?international judicial process. In his letter,?Shivajilingam?noted that the?UN?s failure to protect the Tamil people in 2009 was termed as ?systemic failure? of the UN by the UN?s own ?Report of the UN Secretary General?s Internal Review Pane

08 Aug, 2015

Underworld members involved in polls in 4 districts

Underworld members are involved in election related work in four districts, local election monitors said today. The Campaign for a Free and Fair Election (CaFFE) said that they have received information related to underworld members involved in election campaign work in Colombo, Gampaha, Hambantota and Kandy. CaFFE Executive Director, Keerthi Tenakoon, said that underworld members who were known to have been close with the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) have now shifted their support

08 Aug, 2015

US issues travel advice before Lankan polls

The United States has issued an updated travel advice for Sri Lanka warning?US citizens of possible violence ahead of the August 17 Parliamentary election. In the travel advice, US citizens have been advised to monitor local media and avoid political rallies and demonstrations. “Even peaceful rallies and demonstrations may turn violent,” the travel advice notes. The US has?strongly recommend that US citizens living or traveling in Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives enroll in the Smart Tra

08 Aug, 2015