Champika’s 43rd Brigade extends support to UNP protest

Australia reiterates ‘zero chance’ for illegal migrants from Sri Lanka

Australia has reiterated its ‘zero chance’ policy for illegal migrants from Sri Lanka. The Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka David Holly discussed Australia?s ?Zero Chance? illegal migration campaign, with Jaffna Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) G. S. W. Senaratne. Matters with regard to cooperation efforts to counter-narcotics were also discussed, the High Commissioner tweeted. In June 2019 , the Australian government launched a ‘Zero Chance’ campaign to dissuade potential il

10 Feb, 2020

Sajith’s new alliance seeks EC approval to have a “heart”

The new alliance led by United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa has submitted documents to the Election Commission to be registered as a political party with the “heart” as its symbol. The new alliance has been named as the ‘National Peace Alliance’ and will look to contest the upcoming Parliamentary election. A yellow heart has been proposed as the symbol of the new alliance. UNP Parliamentarian Ranjith Madduma Bandara has been named as the General Secretary of the new all

10 Feb, 2020

OMP begins process to verify provisional list of missing

The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) is consolidating a provisional list of missing and disappeared persons based on information it has received. This list comprises of i) all complaints received directly by the OMP since its establishment in February 2018 from families of the missing and disappeared; ii) complaints obtained by the Ministry of National Integration and Reconciliation from the District Secretariats and forwarded to the OMP; and iii) data provided by the tri-forces on personnel who

10 Feb, 2020