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Several Sri Lankan tourists injured in Swiss highway accident

Fifteen people were injured on Wednesday (Apr 18) when a coach carrying tourists from Sri Lanka crashed with two trucks on a Swiss highway, police and media said, the AFP news agency reported. A tourist coach carrying 40 passengers collided with two trucks near the Winterthur-Wulflingen exit on a motorway not far from the northern city of Zurich, at 3.15pm, regional police said. “Fifteen people were injured, one of them seriously,” Zurich’s cantonal police said in a statement, adding that the

19 Apr, 2018

Lord Naseby notes failure to give true picture on Sri Lanka to Geneva

Lord Baron Naseby, a member of the British House of Lords, noted that the true picture on Sri Lanka has not been given to Geneva and this has resulted in Sri Lanka facing criticism at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Lord Naseby expressed this view when he met President Maithripala Sirisena in London on the sidelines of the Commonwealth summit. President Maithripala Sirisena thanked Lord Naseby for his constant support for Sri Lanka. Lord Baron Naseby, appreciating the development progr

19 Apr, 2018

Former military intelligence head Amal Karunasekara further remanded

Former military intelligence head Major General (Retired) Amal Karunasekara, who was arrested by the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over investigations into the abduction and assault on journalist Keith Noyahr, has been further remanded till May 2nd. Major General Karunasekara was accused of being involved in the 2008 abduction of the then Associate Editor of The Nation, Keith Noyahr and was remanded till today. Major General Karunasekara was detained at the Military Hospital

18 Apr, 2018