Women Empowerment Bill passed with amendments

Asylum seekers brought ashore

The Navy?s Offshore Patrol Vessel Samudura brought all the 73 stranded Sri Lankans ashore safely today, the Navy media unit said. On the direction of the Navy, a merchant vessel heading for Singapore had rescued them 290 nautical miles south east of Galle around noon on Wednesday. The Navy alerted the merchant vessels in the area for the rescue, having received information on the incident from the police. Responding to the Navy?s request the Singapore-bound merchant vessel ?Fairchem Sabre? devia

26 Jul, 2013

Foreign arbitration in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has proposed that it be used as a venue for?international arbitrations, the External Affairs Ministry said. The proposal was made by?External Affairs Minister Professor G.L. Peiris when he met Hugo Sieblesz, the Secretary General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. Minister Peiris had said that there is a greater role for Sri Lanka as the venue for international arbitrations. It was then agreed to carry the matter further in view of Sri Lanka?s acknowledged strengths in

27 Jul, 2013

Couple arrested for fraud

A couple in Rajagiriya have been arrested for deceiving several people and obtaining money after promising to send them overseas. The police media unit said that a lady was arrested from Lake Gardens yesterday based on a complaint received by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD). Her husband, who was also wanted for fraud, had surrendered to the CCD today, the police media unit said. They had obtained over Rs. 7.3 million from the people who they had promised to send overseas. The CCD is conducting

26 Jul, 2013