Body of Saudi Arabian student recovered from Mahaweli River

Government urged to de-proscribe all diaspora groups

Northern Province Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran, has appealed to the government to de-proscribe all the Tamil Diaspora organisations and stringently scrutinize only select individuals, the New Indian Express reported. Wigneswaran was speaking at a function in Jaffna to inaugurate a consular section of the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry there. ?Let me suggest not to embark on selective de-proscription but to de-proscribe all organizations and have a process of very stringent vetting of individual

27 Jan, 2017

Switzerland ?wrongly exposed Tamil asylum seeker to torture?

Switzerland violated its commitment to protect people from torture by denying a former Tamil fighter asylum and instead sending him, and his family, back to Sri Lanka in 2013, according to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Swiss info reported. The verdict, delivered on Thursday, condemned the Swiss authorities for failing to properly consider the man?s asylum application lodged in 2009. After an unsuccessful appeal to the Federal Administrative Court he was returned to Sri Lanka along

27 Jan, 2017

Heavy rain to lash North, East and Uva tomorrow

The prevailing showery conditions are likely to enhance, particularly in the Northern, Eastern, North-central and Uva provinces, and also in the sea areas around the island particularly in eastern and southern sea areas, the Department of Meteorology said today. Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Northern, North-central, Eastern, Uva and Central provinces and in the Hambantota district. Heavy showers (more than 100 mm) are likely at some places, particularly in the Northern,

26 Jan, 2017