Health Minister gags hospital officials from speaking to media

Malaysia asked where money for Lanka went

Malaysia?s Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy has been asked to clarify where the money collected under the Sri Lanka Tamil War Victims Relief Fund in 2009 has gone, the Malaysian media reported today. G Asoghan, chairman of the Jalan Bagan Luar branch, said Ramasamy must explain what happened to the estimated RM73,000 collected from mainly Malaysian Indians for the fund. He said his branch was indirectly involved in the issue as it organised the first meeting of the relief fund commit

18 Jul, 2012

Uthayan Editor grilled by CID

The Editor of the Jaffna based Uthayan newspaper was questioned by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over a news report regarding army commander Jagath Jayasuriya, the newspaper said today. CID officers from Colombo had visited the Jaffan newspaper office yesterday and taken the Editor to the Jaffna police station and questioned him for some three hours. The Tamil newspaper said that its Editor was quizzed by two CID officers regarding the news item which appeared in the newspaper o

19 Jul, 2012

Cricketers put conditions to sign SLPL contracts

National cricketers selected to play in the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) next month will sign the contracts only after the issue over the contracts given by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to the national team is sorted. Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardena told reporters this evening at the official launch of the SLPL that the contract issue is being discussed with the cricket board. He said that they hope the issue will be resolved within the next few days and will sign the SLPL contracts only af

16 Jul, 2012