One of the bodies found in Wellawatte said to be Maldivian

Death toll reaches 30, over 14 missing

The death toll from the extreme weather experienced in the country over the past few days reached 30 by today with over 14 still missing, the Disaster Management Center said. In the latest incident, a boat carrying 22 people capsized at Tissa wewa in Tissamaharama during bad weather this afternoon and at least 5 of them had drowned. The DMC said that as of today 48,883 people have been displaced around the country from floods and landslides. In total over 200,000 people have been affected by

22 Dec, 2012

Police question Wijedasa’s actions

The police have raised questions over the failure by the President of the BAR Association, Wijedasa Rajapakse, to report the shooting incident outside his house to the police officer providing him security or to the 119 emergency hotline soon after he?realized?an incident had?occurred. The police media unit said that according to a statement provided by the parliamentarian, he had said that on Thursday early morning he heard a sound similar to firecrackers outside his house but when he looked o

22 Dec, 2012

Cell busted but LTTE men still in Tamil Nadu

Three more LTTE men are moving around in Tamil Nadu, investigators questioning the four LTTE operatives arrested on Wednesday have learnt. One of the three, as part of a plan to revive the organisation in Sri Lanka, is said to be in Madurai, trying to bring together sympathisers of the outfit that had been destroyed by the Sri Lankan army in 2009. On Wednesday, based on information provided by the Sri Lankan army, Tamil Nadu Q branch sleuths raided a house at Pozhichalur near Pammal in suburba

21 Dec, 2012