New alliance led by Sajith to go ahead

Ex Aitken Spence employee arrested

A former employee of the Aitken Spence Group has been arrested for illegally accessing company data on the company computer server and altering some of it. The police media unit said that a complaint regarding the incident had been lodged last October and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) had launched investigations. The Aitken Spence Group is involved in the travel trade and operates a website through which the traveler can make reservations and bookings online. Investigations had fo

18 Feb, 2013

Gang threatens BBC team in Maharagama

A BBC team covering the?Bodu Bala Sena convention in Maharagama this evening were threatened by a gang following the event. The BBC team, which included Colombo Correspondent Charles Haviland, were doing a video recording opposite the ‘No Limit’ store in Maharagama when the gang approached them. Following the?Bodu Bala Sena convention in Maharagama the BBC team had decided to make an ‘on?location’?recording regarding the convention. However the gang which approached them hurled abuse at them usi

17 Feb, 2013

Burmese rescued by navy say nearly 100 missing

The 32 Myanmar nationals who were rescued by the Sri Lanka navy while being stranded at sea yesterday have revealed that nearly 100 others were also with them and have gone missing. According to the police media unit the Burmese had told the police in Galle that 130 of them had embarked on a journey to reach Australia by boat two months ago. They said that three boats were used for journey to head to Australia but the boats then got?stranded and may have sunk. The navy rescued the 32 people yest

17 Feb, 2013