Duminda briefs Rajapaksa on election campaign

Australian opposition to discuss asylum issue with Sri Lanka

Two senior Australian opposition frontbenchers will travel to Sri Lanka to discuss the Coalition’s controversial policy of returning asylum-seeker boats to Sri Lanka, The Australian newspaper reported today. Amid growing signs the revived Pacific Solution is failing to deter asylum-seekers, the Coalition indicated it planned to continue its unorthodox strategy of pursuing foreign policy from opposition. News of the planned Sri Lanka visit by immigration spokesman Scott Morrison and foreign aff

16 Oct, 2012

Boat used in Tangalle mid-sea attack siezed

The boat used in the mid-sea attack on a fishing boat off Tangalle late on Sunday was seized this afternoon and the boat owner was also arrested. According to the police media unit, the boat was?seized?in Tangalle by a police team deployed to investigate the incident. The police said that the small boat had been used by a 10 member gang to board the multi-day fishing boat on Sunday. They had later attacked five fishermen, killing 3 and injuring 2 others. The bodies of the 3 fishermen who wer

17 Oct, 2012

Staff of global human rights group to strike

Staff attached Amnesty International, ?a global human rights group which has been very vocal on situations in many countries including Sri Lanka,?are to strike today in a dispute over a redundancy policy. Unite the Union said the strike, which will take place outside the group?s International Secretariat in London, was sparked by ?the management?s unilateral withdrawal, without warning, of the redundancy policy just a couple of hours prior to releasing details of a restructure that will potenti

17 Oct, 2012