Three more suspects arrested over bombings

SLFP, joint opposition and JVP want Parliament debate on bond report

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the joint opposition and the?Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) have called for a debate in Parliament on the report of the President Commission which investigated the alleged treasury bond scam. President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday assured tough action after the Presidential commission recommended steps be taken against former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, former?Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran and?Perpetual Treasuries head?Arjun Aloysius. He

04 Jan, 2018

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