Two killed in Southern Expressway accident

Sampanthan says will ask North CM to explain

Opposition and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R Sampanthan says he will seek an explanation from?Northern Province Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran over some comments he had made which went against the stand of the TNA. Sampanthan said that he had remained silent since the UN Human Rights Council was meeting in Geneva and Sri Lanka was being discussed. However now that the UNHRC session is over Sampanthan said that he will look to meet?Wigneswaran and seek an explanation over the comments

03 Oct, 2015

SriLankan surpasses benchmark in punctuality

SriLankan Airlines achieved the airline industry benchmark of on-time performance on 85.26% of its flights in August 2015, the result of a sustained effort throughout 2015 to improve punctuality, the National carrier said in a statement. SriLankan?s performance in August was ranked 16th out of 50 international airlines rated by the global flight data service Flightstats (www.flightstats.com). It placed SriLankan ahead of other reputed international airlines. SriLankan?s performance was not far

04 Oct, 2015

Sri Lankan Tamil slashes wrist in Tiruchi camp

A differently abled Sri Lankan Tamil housed in the Tiruchi special camp created a flutter by slashing his left wrist with a blade demanding his release. Suresh Kumar alias Sera of Jaffna, who was housed in the camp after a case was booked by the ?Q? Branch CID earlier, slashed his wrist Friday morning, The Hindu newspaper reported. Police sources said Kumar was taken to the Government Hospital where he was treated as an out-patient. The camp accommodates 13 Sri Lankan Tamils against whom case

03 Oct, 2015