Ship transporting cement runs aground off Trincomalee

Water contamination forces supply to be curtailed

The contamination of the water at the Kelani river has once again?forced the supply of water to parts of Colombo and Greater Colombo to be curtailed. The National Water Supply and Drainage Board said that the water supply had to be curtailed in Colombo, Kotte and Dehiwala, Mount Lavinia Municipal Council areas. Water at the?Kelani river was found to have been contaminated a few days ago and the supply was then curtailed. It was later found that a soft drinks company was responsible for the con

28 Aug, 2015

US hopes government confronts the past

The United States says it hopes the Sri Lankan Government will accept the need to fully and honestly confront the past. US Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Tom Malinowski tweeted today?saying that when the report on Sri Lanka by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is released, the Government must not be defensive. ?When UN report comes hope #SriLanka gov will continue defending country w/o being defensive, accepting need to fully, honestly confront

27 Aug, 2015

Only few cases in Lanka resolved says rights group

Tens of thousands are presumed to have disappeared in the conflict between the LTEE?and the military which ended in 2009, and in an earlier counter insurgency campaign by the security forces against leftists in 1989-90 and only a very few cases have been resolved, a leading human rights group said today. The London based Amnesty International said that there has also been blatant intimidation reported against families who have dared to ask questions about the whereabouts of their loved ones. I

28 Aug, 2015