Former Prisons Commissioner and Police IP further remanded

Issuing of biometric passports faces a snag

The issuing of?biometric passports which was launched today, faced a technical snag resulting in long?queues seen outside the passport office in Colombo. Several people were unaware of the decision by the Government to issue?biometric passports from today and that together with some technical issues resulted in delays to accept applications. The Immigration and Emigration Department today began?the process to issue biometric passports according to international standards. The Government Infor

10 Aug, 2015

JVP insists it has no deal with the UNP

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today insisted that it has no deal with the United National Party (UNP). JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, speaking at an election rally in Nugegoda, said that the UNP is working with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and not the JVP. He noted that the UNP-SLFP coalition met even last week for a cabinet meeting despite contesting the August 17 Parliamentary election separately. Dissanayake said that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been accusing t

10 Aug, 2015

Moroccan authorities deport Sri Lankan immigrant

Moroccan authorities have?deported a?Sri Lankan immigrant, identified as Thambiappa Ariyanayagam Siyanthan, after he spent 39 days detained in the transit area of the Mohamed V Airport in Casablanca. Siyanthan, 34, was escorted?onto an?Emirates flight heading to Dubai from where he will take a flight to Colombo. The ticket was paid by the Moroccan authorities, who have not spoken publicly about his case. The Sri Lankan had reportedly arrived in Morocco from Spain, where he also was denied asy

11 Aug, 2015