Constitutional Council approves 3 month extension given to IGP

Vienna Airport security accused of smuggling Lankans

Private security staff at Vienna Airport are suspected of smuggling refugees, mainly Sri Lankans, through security checks onto flights to the United States and Britain, the Reuters news agency quoted Austrian prosecutors as saying. Police are investigating 13 private security staff operating at Vienna Airport over suspicions they abused their access to security systems. One man from Poland and another from Sri Lanka have been placed in custody pending an investigation. British security firm G4

26 May, 2015

Court refuses to free Basil on bail

The Kaduwela Magistrate today refused to free former Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa on bail and further remanded him. Rajapaksa had submitted an application through his lawyers seeking bail. However when he was presented in court today the application was rejected and he was further remanded. Rajapaksa was arrested and jailed over alleged fraud committed when he was the?Economic Development Minister. (Colombo Gazette)

27 May, 2015

Government rejects Indian proposal on fishing

The Government says it had refused to agree to a proposal from India to allow Indian fishermen to catch fish in Sri Lankan waters. Fisheries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said that India had requested Sri Lanka to allow Indians to catch fish for 65 days a year in Sri Lankan waters in an attempt to resolve the Indo-Lanka fishing issue. However Amaraweera said that he refused to agree to the proposal which had come through the Indian High Commission in Colombo. ?Not 65 days, we will not agree for

26 May, 2015