Judgment in Vithya rape and murder case on September 27

Suspected Chinese hitman arrested, detained at Mirihana

An alleged Chinese hitman with suspected links to the mafia was arrested in Colombo and investigators are attempting to verify if he had plans to target a VVIP in Sri Lanka, The Sunday Leader newspaper reported today. The state intelligence arm together with the CID arrested the Chinese national, identified as Ni Ma Ze Ren, while he was working at a leading casino in Colombo. The individual had claimed, on being questioned, that he was in Sri Lanka to work for a BOI registered company. However

18 Dec, 2016

Former Anglican Bishop says Asia-Pacific influenced by hatred

Religious leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region, including Sri Lanka, met in Bangkok to develop a regional strategy for the prevention of incitement to violence that could lead to atrocity crimes. Religious leaders and actors from thirteen countries took part in the meeting from the Bahai, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim faiths. The meeting was organised by the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect in collaboration with the Internatio

18 Dec, 2016

Tablets being smuggled to Sri Lanka seized; one held

Ramanathapuram Town police have seized tablets, mostly pain killers and pregnancy termination tablets, and arrested a person, who took possession of the medicines, clandestinely transported from Chennai in a bus, for smuggling them to Sri Lanka, The Hindu newspaper reported. Acting on the orders of Superintendent of Police N. Manivannan, who received a tip -ff about the illegal transportation of the medicines, Assistant Superintendent of Police S. Sarvesh Raj arrested V. Rajendran (35) and seiz

19 Dec, 2016