Woman dies of gun-shot wounds in Beliatta

UNP defends 20th constitutional amendment

The ruling United National Party (UNP) has strongly defended the scheme of electoral reforms approved by the Cabinet a few days ago as part of the 20th constitutional amendment. Answering questions on the scheme, Kabir Hashim, UNP general secretary and Minister for Highways and Investment Promotion, told The Hindu that if the proportion of seats under the First Past The Post (FPTP) and proportional representation (PR) had to be changed in favour of FPTP, this would only reduce the opportunities

11 Jun, 2015

Kolitha Gunatilleke appointed Chief of Defence Staff

Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Kolitha Gunatilleke has been appointed as the new Chief of Defence Staff, the Air Force media unit said.

11 Jun, 2015

Sri Lanka gathers information on refugees

The Sri Lankan Government has gathered information related to a group of?refugees who have been detained in?Indonesia. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mahishini Colonne said that?information related to the 54 Sri Lankans has been gathered from the Sri Lankan Missions in Australia, New Zealand, Jakarta, UNHCR and the Sri Lanka navy. Australian media reported last week that the Sri Lankans were part of 65 asylum seekers on a boat which was stopped by Australian authorities at mid-sea and turned ba

10 Jun, 2015