Court issues arrest warrant on Jayantha Samaraweera

Speaker defends Mahinda holding opposition leader post

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today defended the decision to name United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Parliamentarian Mahinda Rajapaksa as leader of the opposition. In a statement in Parliament, the Speaker said that Rajapaksa’s appointment to the post was legitimate. Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan had written to the Speaker challenging?Rajapaksa’s appointment to the post. Sampanthan also raised the matter in Parliament today. His main objection was linked to Rajapaksa belo

25 Jan, 2019

Twenty-four Indians employed in Sri Lanka arrested

Twenty-four Indians who were employed in Ingiriya have been arrested by customs officers. The Customs Department said that the Indians were arrested following a raid last evening. Investigations had revealed that the Indians did not have valid visas to be employed in Sri Lanka. The Indians were employed in a factory with another group of Indians but it was found that the 24 Indians did not have valid visas to be employed in Sri Lanka. They were taken to the Mirihana immigration detention cen

26 Jan, 2019

Group of 83 refugees to return from Tamil Nadu

A group of 83 refugees will be returning to Sri Lanka from Tamil Nadu on Tuesday through the process facilitated by?the Colombo office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said. Thousands of Tamils fled Sri Lanka to Tamil Nadu between 1983-1984 and were housed in refugee camps across Tamil Nadu. Over the past few years a number of refugees had returned voluntarily with the assistance of the UN refugee agency. The government has also encouraged the refugees to return an

27 Jan, 2019