Curfew and emergency law declared

China pledges support to Lanka’s development

Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim Bank), Li Ruogu, called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the China World Hotel this morning. Headquartered in Beijing, the Export-Import Bank of China is a state bank solely owned by the Chinese government and provides overseas development funds to promote international economic and trade cooperation. President Rajapaksa, who is currently on a four-day state visit to China, expressed gratitude for the assistance rendered by t

28 May, 2013

Crime reporter arrested with heroin

A Pakistan heroin dealer was arrested at Grandpass in Colombo while he was posing as a journalist. The anti-narcotics unit of the Excise Department?said that Mohommad Tafeel had in his possession brown sugar worth Rs. 5 million. The foreigner had visited Sri Lanka on more than 20 occasions as a journalist attached to a Pakistan based news agency. In Sri Lanka he operated from Grandpass distributing heroin to his agents, the Excise Department?said. Investigations revealed that he had operated as

28 May, 2013

UN told no freedom of assembly in Lanka

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has been told in a statement submitted by an NGO that there is no freedom of assembly in Sri Lanka. In a written statement?submitted to?the 23rd session of the UNHRC which began today, the International Movement?against all Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR) notes several incidents reported in almost all parts of the country this year which violated the freedom of assembly. In Colombo, the NGO says in?January, pole bearing goons,?allegedly

27 May, 2013