Car catches fire on Southern Expressway causing traffic

Tamils coming from India arrested

A group of Tamils who were attempting to enter Sri Lanka from India were arrested at sea off Hambantota, the Navy media unit said. The Navy said that 66 Tamils were on the boat at the time of the arrest and they had arrived from Kerala. The group has been handed over to the CID for further investigations, a Navy spokesman said. UPDATE: The Sri Lanka Navy, in a release, later said that it intercepted 66 Tamil persons illegally bound for Australia from India in a multi-day trawler. The interceptio

06 May, 2013

TNA to go to court this week

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will file a case in the High Court this week against the?acquisition?of civilian land in the North, TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran said. He said that documents in this regard are being?finalized?with the?civilians?whose lands are being taken over by the?government. Concerns had been raised this week over moves by the government to?acquire?over 6381 acres of privately owned land in the Jaffna peninsula. The National Peace Council had said this week that it appears to be

06 May, 2013

Law must be same for all

Justice Minister Rauf Hakeem says the law must be the same for all and cannot be different from person to person. The Minister said this while speaking at an event in Vavuniya today where he condemned the arrest of Muslim politician Azath Salley. Hakeem said that according to the police Salley had been arrested on the basis that he had made some?comments?which could create communal tensions. However he said if that was so then there were other groups who had done the same and were yet treated di

05 May, 2013