SLFP Organizer for Mawanella arrested

Joint opposition cautioned on attempts to create instability

The Government has cautioned the joint opposition on making attempts to create instability in the country. Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary and Minister Duminda Dissanayake said that the Government must be allowed to run its full term. He says if there are concerns over?any decision taken by the Government those concerns should be discussed and resolved. “We can do politics at an election but now we must build the country,” he said. (Colombo Gazette)

14 Nov, 2016

Ex-Air chief reveals TN started training LTTE in 1983

Soon after the July 1983 anti-Tamil riots in Sri Lanka and the influx of Tamil refugees into Tamil Nadu, the training of Tamil militants began in Tamil Nadu with the knowledge and patronage of the Tamil Nadu government. India?s national intelligence agencies started their training program only in 1984, when New Delhi felt that Tamil Nadu?s initiative in the matter might not be in the overall Indian interest, says Air Marshal (Rtd) Bharat Kumar in his book Operation Pawan: Role of Airpower with I

14 Nov, 2016

Colombo Chief Magistrate, Mount Magistrate among 70 transferred

The Judicial Service Commission has decided to transfer 70?Judicial Officers with effect from 01.01.2017. R.P.D.P.P. Ratnayake,?Deputy Secretary of the?Judicial Service Commission said that anyone can appeal against the transfer on or before 25.11.2016. The Judicial Service Commission said the transfer is part of an annual transfer. Among the most notable judges being transferred?are?the Colombo Chief Magistrate G.A.B.Pilapitiya and Mount Lavinia Magistrate?A.M.M. Sahabdeen. The?Mount Lavini

13 Nov, 2016