G.L says SLFP proposing MS as President and Mahinda as PM

Lanka dismisses threat from oil spill

Sri Lanka on Friday dismissed any threat by spilling oil from a sunken ship off country’s western coastal belt. The Disaster Management Center (DMC) said the leaked oil is still in the deep sea off the island and there is no threat so far. DMC’s Deputy Director Sarath Kumara told Xinhua that the oil leak is currently in the deep sea 4 to 10 nautical miles off Sri Lanka capital Colombo. “At present there is no threat that the oil would reach Sri Lankan shore,” Kumara said. The Sri Lankan Marin

24 Aug, 2012

Ramesh’s wife questions immunity for MR

The wife of former top LTTE official Ramesh has filed an?argument?at a New York court over an earlier notice submitted to court by the US State Department which had stated that?President Mahinda Rajapaksa has immunity as a serving President. A U.S. court had earlier this year dismissed a lawsuit against President Mahinda Rajapaksa for alleged human rights violations by the Army, on the grounds that he enjoyed immunity from lawsuits as a head of state. Rajapaksa was sued by families of alleged

24 Aug, 2012

TNA briefs Akashi on stalled talks

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has had talks with visiting Japanese peace envoy Yasushi Akashi where he was briefed on the stalled political discussions with the government. TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran told the Colombo Gazette that the meeting with Mr. Akashi lasted for over hours last night but insisted that there was offer from him to mediate between the government and the TNA. Sumanthiran said that at the meeting Akashi was also appraised on the ground situation in the north and east and the

23 Aug, 2012