Kegalle SJB office employee found dead

UNP to push for elections in 2014

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says his party will push for an election in 2014 to remove the government from power. He says the government has failed to protect the country and so the time has now come to remove the government. ?The UNP must get ready for an election in 2014. The government has tarnished the good image of the country and on the other side they have hit the people in their stomach. This regime is not leaving on its own,? he said. The UNP leader recalled that his party was ready

26 Mar, 2013

Slaughterhouse and children’s home owner arrested

The owner of a slaughterhouse in Tissamaharama, who also operated a children’s home, has been arrested. According to the police, the suspect was arrested for operating the pig slaughterhouse illegally. It has also been reported that he had used the children to kill the pigs. The police said that the suspect was produced before the Additional?Magistrate in Tissamaharama and released on bail. The suspect has ought bail saying that there are 84 children in his children’s home and if he is imprisone

26 Mar, 2013

Campaign against suppression of minorities

An online campaign has been launched seeking the intervention of of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to protect the liberties of Sri Lanka’s minorities and to defend their interests against hate speech and hate acts such as those committed by the Bodu Bala Sena, Sinhala Ravaya and other such hate groups.The online campaign (click here) calls on the President to take decisive action by publicly condemning the hate campaign of Buddhist extremists and hate groups.It also urges to the government to conti

26 Mar, 2013