Dayasiri Jayasekera relegated to State Minister post

Dinesh claims most “missing” sought asylum overseas

Joint opposition member and Mahajana Eksath Peramuna leader Dinesh Gunawardena told Parliament today that most people reported “missing” sought asylum overseas. He claimed?that of 7000 Tamils reported missing during the war some had sought political asylum in Canada, Europe and India. Tamil National Alliance Parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran then accused?Gunawardena of insulting those killed during the war by saying they are living overseas. Gunawardena however stood by his comments and accuse

08 Mar, 2016

Government sets ambitious goal on internet use this year

The Government has set an ambitious goal on the use of internet in Sri Lanka by the end this year, which includes increasing the number of internet users in the country to 50 percent from the current 25 percent,?Minister of Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure Harin Fernando said. He told a seminar in Colombo today on internet governance, that Sri Lanka hopes to use the Google Loon project to have the entire country covered with 10 MBPS internet?coverage. The Minister said that if the

08 Mar, 2016

Lankan woman sentenced to death in Kuwait for drug trafficking

The Criminal Court has sentenced four people to death ? three Indian men and a Sri Lankan woman ? for drug trafficking. The three were caught in a case related to heroin smuggling, the Kuwait Times reported. The court found the four, including three men from Kerala guilty of possessing and selling the narcotic in the country. A case against them was registered in April 2015 following the bust at Kuwait International Airport. All four sentenced may appeal the verdicts within 30 days and the App

09 Mar, 2016