More JMI members who received weapons training arrested

Polls on September 7?

Elections for the Northern, North Western and Central Provincial Councils will be held on September 7, Government sources told The Sunday Leader. The North Western and Central Provincial Councils will be dissolved by June 20 after which the dates for the elections will be announced. The Northern Provincial Council is also to be formed in time for elections to be held on September 7. Additional Elections Commissioner R. M. A. L. Ratnayake said that the date for the elections are usually announced

16 Jun, 2013

Expanded Iranamadu airstrip opens

The expanded airstrip at Iranamadu, once used by the LTTE for its air operations, was declared open by President Mahinda Rajapaksa today. The runway can handle aircraft such as the Hercules C-130 and Antonov AN-32. The President was flown to Iranamadu in a MA-60 aircraft of the Sri Lanka Air Force Helitours. With the opening of the expanded runway Iranamadu becomes Sri Lanka?s sixteenth domestic airport. Following the end of the war the airstrip was reconstructed and declared open in 2011 for li

15 Jun, 2013

Lanka wants greater attention

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the UN in Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha has asked that greater attention be paid in the Global Counter Terrorism Strategy, to the role of terrorist support networks that take the form of front organizations, the challenge posed by the abuse of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and the propriety of the use or display of terrorist group emblems, insignia and symbols. He emphasized that they communicate the message, purpose, history, and goals of terrorist organizati

16 Jun, 2013