Van detained, more suspects taken into custody

Canteen owners to boycott halal products (Audio)

Canteen owners have decided to boycott halal products from April, the All Ceylon Canteen Owners Association said. President of the Association, Asela Sampath, said that the decision was reached as most consumers refuse to purchase halal products. Sampath said that repeated requests to the authorities to address the issue fell on deaf ears and the canteen owners were facing a loss by purchasing halal products and being unable to sell them. As a result he said canteens operating on rent in schools

14 Mar, 2013

Five sentenced to death over 1999 murder

The Monaragala High Court today sentenced to death 5 people over a shooting incident in 1999 in which 2 people were killed. High Court judge Gihan Kulutanga issued the death sentence after the five suspects were found guilty for murder and various other crimes. The shooting incident had taken place during an election rally held at Bibile, Galkumbura. The five suspects had opened fire targeting the rally. A police officer and a member of the Civil Defence Force are among the men sentenced to deat

14 Mar, 2013

Karunanidhi says India trying to shield Colombo

Keeping up the pressure on the Centre to support the US resolution against Sri Lanka at UNHRC, UPA ally DMK on Wednesday wondered why India was still treating Colombo as a friendly nation when it had dumped various treaties and ?insulted? leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi, the Press Trust of India reported. ?It is not clear and has been an unending agony for us to see why India is trying to shield the Sinhala Government which had insulted Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi. However,

13 Mar, 2013