Ranil congratulates Australia?s PM on his re election

MR to head to Jaffna

President Mahinda Rajapaksa? is scheduled to address five political meetings in the north next month, Minister of Environment and the UPFA Secretary Susil Premjayantha? said. Accordingly meetings have been scheduled to be held in Vavuniya, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Mannar and Jaffna in support of the UPFA candidates contesting the forthcoming northern Provincial Council elections. Premjayantha who is gearing up the campaign for the UPFA in the Jaffna district addressing the media at his Jaffna of

26 Aug, 2013

K’nidhi wants action on Lanka

DMK President M Karunanidhi stressed that setting up of an Indian naval base in Dhanushkodi or Mandapam near Rameswaram will bring a “lasting solution” to the issue of alleged attacks on fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy, the New Indian Express reported. Karunanidhi said that many problems would have been averted if the Centre and Tamil Nadu government had shown even “one per cent” of that care for the state fishermen. In a letter to partymen in the DMK mouthpiece, ‘Murasoli,’ he recalled that wh

25 Aug, 2013

Army officer court martialled

Army officer, Captain A.M.U Samarakoon of 2 (Volunteer) Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps (SLAGSC), who was nabbed while attempting to rob the Kandy National Savings Bank (NSB) branch, disguised as a Muslim lady, is being court martialled in accordance with the provisions of the Army Act, the army media unit said today. This is the first time an Army officer, involved in criminal activities in the civil society is being tried before a Court Martial with regard to connected military offences w

26 Aug, 2013