Court extends travel ban on Cabraal

Over 200 affected, 2 killed

Over 200 people have been affected and two peopled killed following the bad weather which affected parts of the country last night. The?Disaster?Management Center said that 271 families were affected by the bad weather in Monaragala and Hambantota. Areas surrounding the Kuda-oya in Wellawaya were flooded after water began to overflow from the dam following heavy rain last night. Meanwhile three people in the Galle area were dragged away by strong currents and the bodies of two of them was lat

24 Nov, 2012

Government rejects parts of Petrie report

The government has rejected parts of the ?Petrie Report? released by the review panel appointed by UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon. A statement by the Ministry of External Affairs said that attention has been drawn to certain issues with regard to allegations directed at the Government of Sri Lanka in the report which are unsubstantiated, erroneous and replete with conjecture and bias. The Ministry, through its Permanent Mission in New York protested against the leak of the Report on the very

23 Nov, 2012

Protest in Malaysia against president?s visit

A PKR-linked NGO leader has vowed to use force if necessary to prevent the Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa from entering Malaysia for an international Islamic forum from Dec 4 to 6. The People Welfare and Rights Organisation (Power) president S. Gobi Krisnan issued the threats after lodging a police report against Rajapaksa?s arrival with other NGOs leaders today. The NGOs were upset that the government has planned for a red carpet welcome for Rajapaksa, whom they deem have committed gen

24 Nov, 2012