SLFP removes Isura Devapriya from key posts

At least 14 killed in California mass shooting

At least 14 people have been killed and 17 others injured after three heavily armed gunmen opened fire inside a centre for the disabled in the US state of California before fleeing the scene, officials said. The mass shooting took place inside a packed conference room located within Inland Regional Centre in San Bernardino, which assists people with developmental disabilities. “We have a domestic terrorist-type situation here. The suspects were armed with long guns. They came prepared to do wh

03 Dec, 2015

Lanka urges unity to combat terrorism

Sri Lanka has?urged the world community to stand firm and united in combating terrorism, the Foreign Ministry said today. This call was made when Sri Lanka?s Ambassador to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Adam M.J. Sadiq addressed the 20th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention in the Hague. Speaking on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka during the General Debate of th

02 Dec, 2015

Three Lankans arrested in Japan over kidnapping

Police in Japan arrested three Sri Lankan and four Japanese men Wednesday on suspicion of kidnapping a Sri Lankan man living in the Kanagawa Prefecture to force his brother to pay the victim?s debt. The seven include Muhammadu Salihu Muhammadu Hassan, a 28-year-old Sri Lankan company executive and acquaintance of the victim, and Tomokazu Iwasaki, a 36-year-old Japanese national associated with the crime syndicate Yamaguchi-gumi, the Kyodo news agency reported. The 30-year-old victim was allege

03 Dec, 2015