Air quality unhealthy in parts of Sri Lanka

Navy Sampath further remanded over abduction of 11 youth

Former Navy Lieutenant Commander Chandana Hettiaracchi aka Navy Sampath, was today ordered to be further remanded till September 26th over the abduction of 11 youth. Hettiaracchi had been in remand till today and was presented in court where the Magistrate ordered that he be further remanded. He was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) last month over the abduction of 11 youth in Colombo in 2008. (Colombo Gazette)

12 Sep, 2018

MR says his brother not Namal a possible candidate at next election

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says his brother will be a likely candidate at the next Presidential elections. Rajapaksa told The Hindu in an interview in India that he will lead the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) at the next Presidential elections. However he said that if he is unable to contest the election owing to the 19th Amendment then the joint opposition will pick another candidate. “There is a view that despite the Amendment I can fight elections and then fight it out in cour

12 Sep, 2018

State Minister Radhakrishnan welcomes TN stand on Rajiv’s case

Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Education Velusami Radhakrishnan welcomed the Tamil Nadu government?s decision to recommend the release of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, The Hindu reported. Speaking to journalists at the Chennai Press Club, he congratulated the State for taking a decision that will bring comfort to the Tamil people. and said that the Sri Lankan citizens among the convicts should stay in India and wait for their government to take a decision on their re

12 Sep, 2018