Two killed, three injured in Habarana accident

Wasim Thajudeen’s body exhumed for fresh probe

The body of former Sri Lanka rugby player?Wasim Thajudeen was exhumed at the Dehiwala Muslim burial grounds this morning. Tight police security was in place as the body was exhumed and the media was kept of the burial grounds for security reasons. A large crowd gathered outside the site as the body was exhumed in the presence of a judge, Thajudeen’s family members and others. The Colombo Additional Magistrate last week?gave the police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) the approval to e

10 Aug, 2015

Mahinda denies giving money to the LTTE in 2005

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today denied allegations that he had given the LTTE money in 2005 in order to win the then Presidential election. In 2005 the LTTE had prevented the people from taking part in the elections, which allowed Rajapaksa to win with the support of the Sinhala votes in the South. Rajapaksa said that if he had given money to the LTTE he would not have taken much efforts to try to defeat them. He said that if LTTE leader Vellupillai Prabakaran was alive today he woul

09 Aug, 2015

UPFA backs solution under 13th Amendment

The United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) says it supports a political solution to address the National issue,?under the 13th Amendment to the constitution. UPFA member and candidate at the Parliamentary election, Dr. Charitha Herath, said that the UPFA proposes?a unitary Sri Lanka with powers shared with the provinces under the 13th Amendment. “We do not believe in strengthening only parts of the country (for example like the “megapolis” proposed by the UNP). All parts of the country must se

09 Aug, 2015