Sajin Vass released on bail

More kids being abandoned

The police say more and more children are being abandoned by their parents over various reasons around the country. According to the police media unit 206 children below the age of 18 were abandoned by their mothers last year while this year the figure was at 26 for January alone. The police warned that under local laws anyone found guilty of abandoning a child can face up to 20 years in jail. In the latest incident a three day old child was found abandoned behind a hotel in Matara yesterday.

28 Mar, 2012

Lanka to scale down some EU embassies

The government has decided to scale down operations of some of its embassies in Europe, the External Affairs Ministry said. The government is of the view that embassies in Europe which are not serving any purpose in obtaining support for Sri Lanka?s national issues will be scaled down and new embassies will be opened in Asia and Africa. However the move was not as a result of several European countries deciding to vote against Sri Lanka when a resolution was presented at the recently concluded

27 Mar, 2012

Don?t tell us what to do – MR

President Mahinda Rajapaksa says the government is committed to achieve reconciliation and no one needs to tell his country what to do. Speaking at the launch of an export exhibition today the President stressed that Sri Lanka is in the midst of peace won at great sacrifice and the country is now progressing on the path of peace and reconciliation. He said that the large foreign presence at the exhibition shows there is a measure of confidence in Sri Lanka that has not been diminished by false

28 Mar, 2012