Supreme Court upholds order on SAITM medical degree holders

UNP to push for elections in 2014

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says his party will push for an election in 2014 to remove the government from power. He says the government has failed to protect the country and so the time has now come to remove the government. ?The UNP must get ready for an election in 2014. The government has tarnished the good image of the country and on the other side they have hit the people in their stomach. This regime is not leaving on its own,? he said. The UNP leader recalled that his party was ready

26 Mar, 2013

MR warns of attempts to scuttle the peace

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has warned of attempts both locally and internationally to scuttle the peace in Sri Lanka. Speaking at a Sri Lanka Freedom Party ceremony at?Temple Trees today, the President said that people in the north and south are living together following the end of the war with the defeat of the LTTE. The President said that it is the right of all Sri Lankans to ensure that the peace is protected without falling prey to rumors. He recalled that during the war there was a lot of

26 Mar, 2013

Navy arrests 97 illegal immigrants

The navy arrested 97 illegal immigrants off the?seas?of Oluvil in the eastern province this morning. The navy said that the illegal immigrants?were?heading?to Australia by boat at the time of the arrest. Navy spokesman Kosala Warnakulasuriya said that among those arrested are 40 children and 18 women. He said that all of those arrested were Tamils and they were?brought?to the Oluvil harbor to be handed over to the CID for further investigations. Most asylum seekers allege harassment in Sri Lanka

27 Mar, 2013