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Maldives seeks Sri Lanka’s support

The Maldives today said it is seeking Sri Lanka’s support as it faces pressure from the international community over recent arrests. Ambassador-at-Large at the Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Naseer, told the Colombo Gazette that the wrong picture has been portrayed over the May Day arrests. Naseer, who is in Sri Lanka to brief foreign diplomats based in Colombo with regards to the incident, said that the Maldives police acted in accordance with the law after being provoked. US

07 May, 2015

US man arrested for killing Lankan

A 19-year-old man in Beaumont in the US, charged in the April 28 fatal shooting death of a convenience store owner from Sri Lanka, has been arrested. He was arrested after he showed up to the police department Tuesday evening accompanied by his mother, Officer Carol Riley said on Wednesday, according to beaumontenterprise.com. Chandler Kyle Ventress is charged with capital murder in the death of Metthananda Kuruppu, owner of the Pick-N-Shop store on Major Drive. Ventress is being held on a $2

07 May, 2015

Mahinda denies Mangala?s allegations

  Former President Mahinda Rajapakse today denied allegations by the government that he had siphoned off state monies during his decade long tenure in office and also held assets worth US$18 billion overseas. Rajapakse?s response came a day after Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera told journalists in the capital Colombo said that according to intelligence reports, the former leader had stashed away billions of dollars in foreign countries and was involved in mass scale corruption. The Forei

08 May, 2015