Lalith Warna Kumara to replace Samarasinghe as an MP

Government insists soldiers will not be target of OMP

The Government today insisted that the proposed Office on Missing Persons (OMP) will not be used to take action on the military over the war. Minister of National Dialogue Mano Ganesan?said that the issue of missing persons is not an issue which affected people in the North alone but even people in the South. The Minister said the Government has decided to establish an?Office on Missing Persons to address the issue of missing persons. However he said the joint opposition is attempting to give

08 Aug, 2016

Police seek spiritual help to reduce accidents

The police sought spiritual help from Buddhist clergy today (Monday) to bless an accident-prone highway in a country that has some of the world’s most dangerous roads, the AFP news agency reported. Police at Mawathagama directed three saffron-robed monks to bless a spot where there had been five fatal accidents in a month, a police official said. “Traffic constables sat by the roadside while monks chanted sacred texts to bless a dangerous double bend,” the official told AFP confirming reports

08 Aug, 2016

Law to be bent as strike by uni non-academic staff ends

The Higher Education Ministry says some laws will be bent as a?strike by university non-academic staff came to and end today. Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella said that there are provisions in the law to ensure action is taken against?university non-academic staff who staged a strike over several demands. However he said that the law will be bent as the issue with the?non-academic staff had been resolved. The strike launched by the university?non-academic staff came to an end today

08 Aug, 2016