AG files amended indictments in Avant Garde case

President sacks joint opposition members from SLFP posts

President Maithripala Sirisena today removed joint opposition members who were holding Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) organiser posts. Sirisena appointed new SLFP electoral and district?organizers during a meeting held at?the President?s official residence. During the meeting the President removed Pavithra Wanniarachchi, C. B. Ratnayake, Mahinda Yapa, Keheliya Rambukwella, Jagath Balasuriya, and Gamini Lokuge from their SLFP organiser posts. The President made 40 appointments for the SLFP as

17 Aug, 2016

Cabinet approves national policy to deal with war displaced

The cabinet has approved?a national policy to deal with war displaced?families, the Government announced today. Hundreds were displaced during the war between the LTTE?and the military but while many have either returned to their homes or were given alternate land following the end of the 30 year war in May 2009, some are still displaced. Media Minister Gayantha Karunatillake told reporters at a post cabinet media briefing that cabinet had approved the creation of a national policy on durable

17 Aug, 2016

New book claims former LTTE No. 2 Mahattaya was RAW agent

An LTTE leader who was once a deputy to its supreme leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was a RAW agent, recruited as early as 1989, a new book says, News 18 reported. Journalist Neena Gopal, who interviewed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi moments before he was assassinated in 1991, says that Gopalaswamy Mahendrarajah alias Mahattaya was a Research and Analysis Wing mole. “The man was cultivated and positioned by RAW as their mole inside Prabharkaran’s hitherto impenetrable ranks as early as 1989

16 Aug, 2016