Grace period announced for VAT payments

Welgama’s house searched for bulletproof vehicles

The residence of former Minister Kumara Welgama was searched today for bulletproof vehicles owned by the Government. Officers of the police Special Investigations Unit conducted the search based on a court order. The search was carried out at Welgama’s Mathugama residence based on a complaint made that the former Minister had in his possession some bulletproof vehicles. The Government vehicles were alleged?to have been kept at Welgama’s residence illegally but such vehicles were not found dur

18 Oct, 2016

Clinton to be urged to bring Sri Lankan war criminals to ICC

A US based Tamil diaspora group says it will urge US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton?to bring alleged Sri Lankan war criminals to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Tamils for Clinton, which is supporting Clinton at the Presidential elections next month, noted that so far Tamils have not seen substantial results in Sri Lanka after the latest UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution.   “Currently, about half a million displaced Tamil people live in Northeast of Sri Lanka. There a

19 Oct, 2016

Scotland Yard says nothing suspicious over Adhil’s death

Scotland Yard says there is nothing suspicious over the?death of?Adhil Bakeer Markar in London last week, the Standard ?newspaper in the UK reported. Adhil Bakeer Markar, a member of one of Sri Lanka?s most prominent political families was found dead in his room at a London university shortly after going to bed complaining of a fever. Friends who became worried when Adhil failed to answer phone calls battered down the door of his London School of Economics dorm to find him lying unconscious. T

18 Oct, 2016