Baddegama councilor arrested over assault

Sri Lanka recalls its envoy to KL

The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia K. Godage has been recalled to Colombo after falling afoul of his External Affairs Ministry over a seemingly sympathetic ear to pro-Tamil Sri Lankan groups in Malaysia. The 76-year-old veteran diplomat is expected to leave for home at the end of the month, just eight months after being called out of a 15-year retirement to be posted in Malaysia. He has sent a strongly-worded letter of appeal to External Affairs Minister Prof G.L. Peiris, who is seen

13 Aug, 2012

Mom kills child, attempts suicide

A mother killed her one year old child and then attempted to commit suicide in Yatiyanthota, the police media unit said today. The police said that the mother had given the child poison and had then consumed the same substance following a domestic dispute. The child died on admission to hospital while the mother survived. The mother has now been arrested. Further investigations are underway.

13 Aug, 2012

Hospital not target of tear-gas

The police say the tear-gas fired on a group of protestors in Badulla today was not targeted at the Badulla hospital. A tear-gas canister had fallen inside the hospital premises at the time the police fired tear-gas on the protesters to disperse them. The police media unit said that an investigation has been launched into the canister falling into the hospital premises where patients were also present. ?The tear-gas was not meant to target the hospital, the doctors or the hospital staff,? the

12 Aug, 2012