Petition filed in court against former CJ Sarath N. Silva

Soldier remanded for molesting a child

A soldier attached to the Ambepussa army camp has been remanded over allegations he molested a 6 year old child. The soldier, identified as Athula Kumara, had molested the child near her home in the Kotawehera area last morning. Following a police complaint over the incident the soldier was arrested and produced in court today and remanded by the judge. Investigations had revealed that the soldier had molested another girl in 2010 and there was also a pending case against him at another court

13 Jul, 2012

Lanka to hold international defence seminar

Foreign experts, including those from India, will participate in an international defence seminar to be held in Sri Lanka next month on the country’s post-conflict reconstruction and resettlement process. The Army-initiated international seminar titled ‘Towards Lasting Peace and Stability’ will be held from August 8-10. Reconstruction, resettlement, rehabilitation, reintegration, reconciliation in post-conflict Sri Lanka would figure in the seminar, the Army said. The three-day seminar is sla

12 Jul, 2012

Karunanidhi sceptical about North polls

DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Wednesday sounded skeptical about holding of Northern provincial elections in Sri Lanka next year, saying there was some ?hidden meaning? in the announcement on the polls by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. ?There seems to be some hidden meaning in Mr. Rajapaksa?s comments that electoral rolls have to be revised,? he told reporters in Chennai when asked about the Sri Lankan President?s remarks that they wanted to hold the election to the provincial council in September 20

12 Jul, 2012