Toll charges announced for Hambantota- Fort expressway

Army Chief warns troops

Army Commander Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake today warned that soldiers who engage in the most serious disciplinary violations will be expelled from the army. He said that the Military Police must attempt to lead others in the correct path or ensure that they are transferred out to serve another Regiment. ?You must be the most disciplined person in the whole of the country and should never commit any undisciplined act since everything in the Army depends on strict discipline,? the commander

29 Aug, 2013

Lankan maid in Saudi tortured

A Sri Lankan maid in Saudi Arabia has been tortured by her employer and even forced into a ?refrigerator, the Arab News reported. The Sri Lankan Embassy in Saudi Arabia however refuted reports that the housemaid in the Kingdom was frozen to death inside a refrigerator. A senior official from the embassy told Arab News that the incident was alleged to have been perpetrated by the Saudi sponsor. ?We summoned the housemaid to the mission with the help of the job agent and the Saudi Embassy,? he sai

30 Aug, 2013

Top army officers removed (Audio)

Army Commander Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake has ordered a Brigadier and three Lieutenant Colonels to be relieved of their duties over the Weliweriya incident. The army said that the three top officers have been removed in order to facilitate the investigations underway into the role of the army in the clashes that took place in Weliweriya during a protest over clean water. The army media unit said that consequent to the Weliweriya incident, the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Daya

30 Aug, 2013