STF seize container with foreign liquor and illegal drugs

Factory workers trapped inside

Employees of the gloves factory at Weliweriya were prevented from leaving the premises since last evening, one employee said. Villagers who had protested outside the factory yesterday refused to allow some 250 employees to leave. The employee said that glass bottles had been thrown towards the factory staff when they had attempted to leave the premises. Fresh tensions had been reported from Rathupaswala, Weliweriya yesterday after a group of villagers led by the venerable Theripaha Siridhamma Th

31 Aug, 2013

UN must respond says AI

Amnesty International says the UN and the Commonwealth must respond to the latest concerns raised by the?UN High Commissioner for Human Rights?Navi Pillay at the end of her visit to Sri Lanka. Pillay made her first official visit to Sri Lanka from 25-31 August. It comes just before the UN and Commonwealth review the country?s human rights situation in September. At her?concluding press conference, Pillay stressed that many who met or wanted to meet her during the visit had been threatened by sec

01 Sep, 2013

LTTE sleeper cell busted

Tamil Nadu?’Q’ branch sleuths said they have busted a sleeper cell of former LTTE cadres with the arrest of two men in?a Mogappair guest house?on Friday, the Times of India reported today. One of those nabbed, Sivaneswaran, 34, alias Nesan alias Priyan alias?Isai Priyan?alias Anbu, hails from Jaffna. He joined the LTTE and was tasked with checking the antecedents of young recruits. He also worked as a shadow for cadres going on leave. Later, he became head of the outfit’s recruitment wing. The o

01 Sep, 2013