ITAK complains of attempt to kidnap youth wing member

Cops raid Maradana guest houses

The police raided two guest houses in the Maradana area today and arrested several women including a foreigner for engaging in prostitution. The police said that following information received by the police a guest house at Technical junction and another one at Panchikawatte were raided. Following the raid the police found that women were being offered for cash for prostitution at both locations. The police arrested two men and six women including a foreign woman, the police media unit said. All

20 Apr, 2013

Daya Master may contest polls

Former LTTE media?coordinator?Daya Master may contest elections for the Northern Province in September. When contacted, Daya Master, who is heading the news division of Dan TV in Jaffna, refused to comment but said he will respond in a few days time. He said that he has not been approached by any political party to contest for the elections. However he did not deny?rumors?that he will run for the elections, which will make him the third ?most?prominent former LTTE official to enter politics. Ear

21 Apr, 2013

Pregnant Lankan maid sent back

A Saudi sponsor, who spent SR 20,000 to recruit a servant from Sri Lanka, was shocked to find that his new maid was three months pregnant on arrival in the Kingdom, Arab News reported. Saroja Pushpavalli (not her real name) from Maskeliya in Sri Lanka, came to Riyadh two weeks ago and her sponsor found that she was pregnant when she underwent medical tests in the capital. The Saudi sponsor handed her to the Sri Lankan Embassy to send her back home since she would not be able to attend to househo

22 Apr, 2013