Suspects arrested over Rs. 30 million theft from businessman

Madras Court dismisses appeal by Lankan fishermen

The Madras High Court Bench has dismissed a criminal appeal filed by 10 Sri Lankan fishermen, who were convicted of fishing in Indian waters without permission in 2006, after it was informed that they had gone back to their country after serving the entire sentence period in prison even as the appeal was pending adjudication for the last nine years. Taking up the appeal for final hearing now, Justice S. Vimala said: ?It is represented that the accused persons had served the sentence completely.

18 Sep, 2015

German Foreign Minister to visit Sri Lanka next week

German Foreign Minister Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Sri Lanka on Tuesday, 22 September, 2015, the German Embassy in Colombo said. During his visit Minister Steinmeier will meet President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickrememsinghe, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Leader of the Opposition R. Sampanthan. Minister Steinmeier will also travel to Kilinochchi to inspect the Sri Lankan-German Training Institute, currently under construction and scheduled to be opened

18 Sep, 2015

Government sets time frame for domestic process

The Government has set a time frame during which it will complete establishing a mechanism to address human rights allegations. Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said that a consultation process will begin from the second week of October and it will be completed by the end of January. He said that from January the Government will begin implementing the ideas and proposals discussed during the consultation process and hope to complete that process in 18 months. Samaraweera said that the con

17 Sep, 2015