Bail application by former DIG Nalaka de Silva rejected

Thirteen accused of funding the LTTE to stand trial in Swiss court

Thirteen financiers accused of funnelling more than CH15 million ($15.3 million) to the Sri Lankan Tamil separatist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) will stand trial before the Swiss Federal Criminal Court on Monday. The accused are from Switzerland, Germany and Sri Lanka. Some are former members of the World Tamil Coordinating Committee (WTCC), which represented the LTTE in Switzerland until 2009, and include its founder, his deputy and the person in charge of finances, Swiss Info

04 Jan, 2018

PYMUN model UN takes off the ground in Puttalam

The year 2017 came to a great close for the energetic and committed youth of Puttalam as they wrapped up their proceedings of their first model United Nations (PYMUN ? Puttalam Youth Model United Nations) at Zahira College, Puttalam, the UN office in Colombo said today. While most people choose to spend New Year?s Eve with their families and friends, a group of us UN staff, spent it with the PYMUN group, observing first-hand what a vision and a lot of hard work can achieve. PYMUN is the result

05 Jan, 2018

First flyover in Sri Lanka with concrete surface on metal opens on Monday

President Maithripala Sirisena will vest the Rajagiriya flyover with the public on Monday January 08, providing a long term solution to traffic congestion in the Rajagiriya area, the President’s media division said today. The flyover, built using high standard modern technology as well as in accordance with high quality engineering, will be the first flyover in Sri Lanka constructed filling concrete surfaces on metal. Even though the construction work on the flyover was scheduled to be complet

05 Jan, 2018