US Navy ship ?Rushmore? leaves Colombo

Norochcholai not for the Chinese

The Norochcholai coal power plan will not be sold to the Chinese, Power and Energy Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said today. She said this while inspecting the coal power plant in Puttalam for the first time since being appointed as the new Power and Energy Minister recently. The Minister said that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is operating at a loss and the treasury has asked the board to increase the cost of electricity charged from consumers in order to cushion the losses. However the

23 Feb, 2013

Police release sketches of suspects in journalist shoting

The police today released the sketches of two suspects wanted in connection with the shooting of The Sunday Leader journalist?Faraz Shauketaly. In a statement released to the media this evening the police said that the sketches were drawn by an artist of the CID based on the information provided by the journalist. The police said that anyone having any information with regards to the two suspects drawn in the sketches should contact the police on?2662323 or?2738088. Shauketaly?was shot at by a g

23 Feb, 2013

Government rejects allegations raised by the clergy

The government has strongly rejected allegations raised by a group of clergy who have written to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) calling for a strong and action oriented resolution in relation to accountability, reconciliation and human rights in the island nation. The letter signed by the Bishop of Mannar and 132 members of the clergy from the North and East, says the new resolution should go beyond the resolution adopted at the 19th session of the Council. “If any indivitual has a problem,

24 Feb, 2013