Media Minister says there is no ban on any news website

GR rejects reports linking him to Hizbullah, Razik

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa has rejected reports linking him to Presidential candidate M. L. A. M. Hizbullah and Ceylon Thowheed Jamath (CTJ) General Secretary Abdul Razik. Rajapaksa’s spokesman Dullas Alahapperuma said that attempts are being made to mislead the public with regards to Rajapaksa and his campaign. He said that misleading reports had appeared claiming that Hizbullah was contesting the election on behalf of Rajapaksa and that Abdul

13 Oct, 2019

Malaysian Police detect ?huge? financial transactions to activate LTTE

Malaysian Police today disclosed that financial transactions involving huge sums of money had been carried out, believed to activate the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) group in the country, the Bernama news agency reported. Bukit Aman?s Special Branch counter- terrorism division (E8) principal assistant director Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the financial transactions were detected in the accounts of individuals detained in the operations carried out on Thursday and Saturday (Oct 10 and

13 Oct, 2019

Sri Lanka assures support to further the Global Disarmament Agenda

Sri Lanka has assured the UN High Representative on Disarmament Izumi Nakamitsu Sri Lanka?s practical support in New York, Geneva and Vienna in furthering the global Disarmament Agenda. Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha who was in New York?leading the Sri Lanka delegation to the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly, gave the assurance when he met with the High Representative on the sidelines of the UNGA, the Foreign Ministry said today. Ambassador Kshenuka Senewiratne, Permanent Represe

13 Oct, 2019