Japanese PM to send special envoy to Sri Lanka

Case filed on Indian hand in Lankan war

A Malaysia-based Tamil lawyer has moved the Indian Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe into reports that India allegedly helped Sri Lanka crush the LTTE in a war that left some 40,000 Tamils dead, the IANS news service reported. The public interest litigation (PIL) was filed by solicitor and advocates firm Meharia and Co on behalf of advocate A. Kanesalingam, a Tamil of Sri Lankan origin. Kanesalingam urged the court that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe should study the ?extent of

20 Mar, 2013

Muslims demand an end to hate campaign

The Sri Lanka Muslim Council has written to President Mahinda Rajapaksa raising concerns regarding the recent incidents targeting Muslims in the country. In the letter, the Muslim Council says the Muslim community has recently been targeted by extreme Buddhist groups for virulent attacks of hate and abuse on the basis of religious beliefs and cultural practices and erroneous assumptions regarding the increase in our numbers. It says the groups who are targeting all minority religions have create

21 Mar, 2013

Six children abandoned in Rakwana

The police are investigating an incident where six children had been abandoned by their parents in Rakwana. According to the police media unit, the children were produced before the Rakwana Magistrate yesterday to?determine?the next course of action. The children were found abandoned in the Kehelwatta, Pothupitiya area in Rakwana. Among them are 5 boys and a girl, all aged between 2 and 14 years, the police media unit said. The Magistrate ordered that the children be admitted to a children’d hom

21 Mar, 2013