Match fees of Sri Lanka Women’s cricket team increased

BBS to seek niqab ban

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS)?is calling on the government to ban the niqab, a traditional dress for Muslim women, citing security reasons, the Xinhua news agency reported today. The BBS, which also includes prominent Buddhist monks among its membership, demanded that the government ban the covering headdress insisting that recent events proved it was a threat to security. The reasoning provided by the BBS is that a recent underworld member was arrested in Colombo while he was disguised as a Muslim w

08 Jul, 2013

Menon to meet the TNA

Indian National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon, who arrived in the country this afternoon, will meet the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) during his short visit. TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran said that the meeting will take place this evening in Colombo. Menon is also scheduled to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa for talks tomorrow and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa today. The main purpose of his visit is to have discussions on regional maritime security and sign an agreement with Sri Lanka a

08 Jul, 2013

Dayasiri has not informed UNP

UNP MP Dayasiri Jayasekera has not informed the UNP that he is leaving the party to join the government, UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake said. Attanayake said the he had met the UNP MP and yet there was no such indication. He noted that on the contrary?Jayasekera had dismissed media reports that he was planning on leaving the UNP. “There were some media reports that he was joining the government but he has not said anything to us. I saw some reports where he had said he will never join th

08 Jul, 2013