Truck rams into security post in Mullaitivu killing soldier, injuring another

Maithripala tells Mahinda he will not be PM

President Maithripala Sirisena has written to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa saying he will not be made Prime Minister even if the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) gets the number of seats required in Parliament to form the next Government. In a letter to Rajapaksa, President Sirisena, who is also the chairman of the UPFA, said that a senior member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) who has not been the Prime Minister before, should be made the new Prime Minister in a UPFA Governm

13 Aug, 2015

Tamil detainees in Lanka still tortured, says charity

Sri Lankan security forces have continued to torture Tamil detainees even after the election of reformist president Maithripala Sirisena in January, according to a report. The report, by the UK-based charity Freedom From Torture (FFT) and published on Thursday, comes just four days before critical parliamentary elections on 17 August, the Guardian newspaper reported. The charity said that more than a third of the alleged torture victims in the report had returned to Sri Lanka from the UK, some

13 Aug, 2015

UN envoy in Lanka urges youth to engage

The UN envoy to Sri Lanka has urged youth in the country to be the drivers of progress of the global agenda to build more inclusive and vibrant societies, to ultimately support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The International Youth Day, which falls annually on the 12th August 2015, was marked by an event conducted by the United Nations (UN) in Sri Lanka in collaboration with the State Ministry of Youth Affairs and the National Youth Services Council with a Panel Discussio

13 Aug, 2015