Bangladeshi woman arrested with heroin in Dehiwala

Rahul Gandhi raises concerns over China’s presence in Sri Lanka

India’s Congress party on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of exercising a personalised foreign policy which eroded India?s international credibility, The Hindu website reported. Party president Rahul Gandhi, in his speech at the Congress plenary session, underlined the growing Chinese presence in India?s neighbourhood and made a specific mention of the Doklam plateau near Bhutan where China has built military infrastructure. ?China is present everywhere. China is in Doklam, in Nepa

18 Mar, 2018

Sri Lanka tells UNHRC progress made on Counter Terror Act

The Sri Lankan Government informed the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) today that progress has been made on a new?Counter Terrorism Act. The Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in Geneva,?Ravinatha Aryasinha said that progress has been made in the drafting of a new Counter Terrorism legislation. “We envisage a Counter Terrorism Act that conforms to human rights safeguards and other international standards and we expect the draft legislation to be gazetted for tabling in Parliament

19 Mar, 2018

Gunmen on a motorcycle kill man in Athurugiriya

Gunmen travelling on a motorcycle shot dead a man Athurugiriya today, the Police said. The Police said that the man was injured in the shooting incident in Athurugiriya and was admitted to hospital when he succumbed to his injuries. The victim was identified as a 44 year old man from the Kaduwela area. (Colombo Gazette)

19 Mar, 2018