Typhoon delays SriLankan Airlines flight to Guangzhou

CJ asks court to quash impeachment guilty verdict

The chief justice today asked an appeals court to quash a parliamentary committee report that found her guilty of unexplained wealth and misuse of power. She says the verdict was illegal, she was not given a fair hearing and the committee itself was unconstitutional. Lawyers for Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake also asked the court to bar the parliament speaker from announcing a debate and a vote on the report. The parliamentary committee this month found Bandaranayake guilty of three charg

19 Dec, 2012

India and Sri Lanka in war games

The Special Forces of India and Sri Lanka are now involved in war games at Nahan in Himachal Pradesh (India). The exercises started on December 3 and are likely to last till December 24 at the Special Forces Training Centre, Army officials said. The two countries are expected to share their experience in counter-terrorism operations in the past two decades, they said. The exercises were scheduled to be held somewhere in the South, but they were shifted to Nahan, keeping in view the sensitivit

20 Dec, 2012

Lanka to send another 200 for UN peace keeping ops

Sri Lanka is to deploy a 200 member contingent comprising of the army, navy and air force on a UN Peace Keeping Mission to Haiti. The contingent which is due to leave the island shortly had its passing out parade at the Sri Lanka Engineers Regimental Headquarters premises at the Panagoda Army Cantonment this week, the army media unit said. The contingent includes seven army officers and 112 other ranks, one navy officer and thirty-nine sailors and one air force officer and forty airmen. The c

20 Dec, 2012