Major fire breaks at during event at Rajagiriya entertainment venue

Malaysian legislator acquitted on charge of backing LTTE

The Malaysian High Court today acquitted and discharged Seremban Jaya assemblyman P Gunasekaran for supporting and possessing items related to the now-defunct Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eeelam (LTTE). Judge Muhammad Jami Husin ordered the acquittal after deputy public prosecutor Soffian Jaafar informed the court he had instruction from Attorney-General Tommy Thomas to drop the charges against the accused. However, Soffian only urged the court to order a discharge not amounting to an acquittal

24 Feb, 2020

Ranil urges South Asian neighbours to iron out differences

By Meera Srinivasan Successful regional integration ? both economic and security ? depends on the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) becoming fully functional at the highest levels, Sri Lanka?s former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said. Emphasising the need for countries in the region to link up both strategically and economically, Wickremesinghe said the postponement of the Kathmandu SAARC Summit in 2017 due to heightened tensions between India and Pakistan had bro

23 Feb, 2020

TNA disappointed with Sajith

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today expressed disappointment at United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader and defeated Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa over comments he had made on the US travel ban imposed on Army Commander Shavendra Silva. The TNA media unit tweeted saying it was disappointing that even after obtaining over 85% of the vote in North and East at the last Presidential election, Premadasa does not appreciate a fundamental position of the Tamil people which only seeks j

24 Feb, 2020