Price of kottu and short-eats increased

Wigneswaran and President discuss prisoner issue

Northern Province Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran today had talks with President Maithripala Sirisena on the issue of Tamil political prisoners. Some members of the Northern Provincial Council also took part in the discussion with the President. The President had told the Northern Province delegation that he cannot release the prisoners as and when he wants as the due legal process must be followed.

12 Nov, 2015

Rajitha rubbishes claims by Wijeyadasa Rajapaksha

Cabinet spokesman Rajitha Senaratne today rubbished claims made by Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapaksha on the Avant Garde issue. The cabinet spokesman said that?Rajapaksha never spoke a word on the issue at the special meeting held yesterday with President Maithripala Sirisena. The Justice Minister had told reporters today the Government had not?decided to cancel all deals with Avant Garde Maritime Services (Pvt) Ltd and hand over the weapons on the floating armory operated by the company t

12 Nov, 2015

Government accused of violating Geneva deal

The Government has been accused of violating the Geneva agreement by failing to secure the release of Tamil political prisoners. Former LTTE member and leader of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam TGTE) Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran said that the continued indeterminate detention of these prisoners constitutes continuing serious breaches of international law. He said that all of the Tamil prisoners have been held because of their alleged involvement in the country?s armed conflict, a conf

12 Nov, 2015