Fire causes extensive damage to house in Slave Island

Tamils urged to consolidate progressive changes

  A leading Tamil Diaspora group has urged the Tamil community and all citizens of Sri Lanka to consolidate the recent progressive changes in the country. The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) said that it strongly urges the Tamil people and all citizens of Sri Lanka to do their historic duty at the upcoming Parliamentary elections by carefully voting for the parties and candidates with the main objective of consolidating the progressive changes and gains made during the recent past. ?The presidential

25 Jul, 2015

Police insist no threat in Lanka despite BBS claims

The police insisted that there was no threat from the ISIS militants in Sri Lanka as the group was not active in the country. Earlier today, the General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena, the venerable Galabodathe Gnanasara thera had filed a complaint with the police saying that he was under threat from ISIS. He had also claimed that the Sri Lankan born ISIS militant?who was reportedly killed in Syria, had plans to assassinate him. However top police sources said that while it was investigating

26 Jul, 2015

JVP sees strong growth in its popularity

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says it sees a strong growth in its popularity ahead of the August 17 Parliament election. JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva said that the JVP is not going to put a number on the amount of Parliament seats it expects to secure at the election. He says the JVP is ready to accept any number of seats according to the wishes of the people but it has noted a rise in its popularity in recent times and so expects more seats than what it had earlier. “We will not

26 Jul, 2015