Court orders ban on Kuwaiti couple from leaving Sri Lanka

India invited to observe poll

India has been invited to observe the elections in the north next month, the Indo Asian News Service quoted External Affairs Minister, Professor G.L Peiris as saying. Addressing a press conference at the Sri Lankan High Commission in New Delhi, Peiris said that India’s Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath had been invited as an observer for the Sep 21 Northern Province elections. Besides Sampath, Colombo has also invited observers from SAARC countries and from the Commonwealth to oversee the

19 Aug, 2013

Army accused of intimidation

Media rights groups have accused the army of intimidating journalists by asking them to report to a military camp to record statements on the Weliweriya incident. A joint statement by seven media organizations including the Free media Movement (FMM), said they are disturbed by the recent summoning of journalists by the army to a military camp in Ganemulla, purportedly to obtain their statements over the Weliweriya incident, where the security forces had been accused of killing three civilians an

18 Aug, 2013

DMK warns of CHOGM demos

The DMK party in Tamil Nadu on Saturday demanded that India should not participate in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet (CHOGM) in Colombo in November this year and warned of protests and hoisting of black flags State-wide if its demand was not acceded by the Centre. ?If the request is ignored by the Centre, black flags will be hoisted atop homes and commercial establishments, besides staging rail roko, to express the feelings of Tamils and condemning India?s participation in the summit,

17 Aug, 2013