Five suspects arrested over Bulathsinhala ATM robbery

No army interference in polls (Audio)

Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya says there have not been any complaints of the army interfering in election work ahead of the provincial council elections in the north. Deshapriya, who was on a visit to the north, said that even voters have not made any specific compliant of army harassment or threats. ?In general by saying the army is intimidating voters in a particular area cannot be taken as a complaint. There needs to be a specific incident reported. But we have not got specific or

23 Aug, 2013

Canadian delegation in the north

A Canadian delegation visited north on a fact finding mission where they also had talks with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) on the upcoming elections. The delegation from the Canadian embassy visited Jaffna and Killinochchi and had talks with political parties and civil society members. The Canadians also visited the Uthayan newspaper office in Jaffna and had talks with the management and Editor. In Kilonochchi, the Canadian delegation met TNA Chief Ministerial candidate C.V. Wigneswaran and

23 Aug, 2013

Pillay assures fair judgment

The United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay?said on Friday she has an “open mind” and will not be “pre-judging anything” ahead of her first trip to Sri Lanka, which is under growing pressure from the international community to address alleged war crimes. Navi Pillay, who arrives in Sri Lanka on Sunday for a week, is the first senior U.N. official to visit the country since the end of a nearly three-decade-long bloody conflict in 2009, despite Colombo extending an invitation to the body mor

23 Aug, 2013