Addressing the weekly Cabinet press briefing at the Government Information Department Auditorium yesterday, Minister Abeywardena said all political parties have come forward to contest the Eastern Provincial Council Election. This was a very good indication. The political parties which refrained
Sri Lanka will be reviewed in the second session this year on May 13 along with several other countries. Under the UPR system, the human rights records of all UN member states regardless of their size, wealth, or military or
He enlightened the UK Minister on the recent local government elections held in areas that had formerly been under LTTE control. He stated that it was an election leading to empower people and create space for the emergence of a
SLMC leader Rauf Hakeem and other party members resigned from their parliamentary seats as a sacrifice towards 'restoring the rights of the Muslims in the East', SLMC general secretary Hassan Ali said. "We resigned from our seats to bring back
Robin Arulis, Mathin Melgius, Sebastian Andrew, Kalos Sibu, Kolpaas Raju, Tesumaria, Francis Allocions, Albian Prabhu, L Lourdason, Silva Cruz Jol and Luis Antony Adimas were apprehended by the Sri Lankan navy on March 7 for fishing in their territorial waters.
Pathima Sihana Cader of Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha of Colombo 7 was indicted with forwarding a forged document which declared that she completed a degree at the Saint Petersburg State Medical University between 1999 and 2003 to Sri Lanka Medical
UTHR's recent report on the killing of 17 aid workers in Muttur also raised questions about the effectiveness of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the matter. "We have already sent the UTHR report to the defence ministry and
Official sources said 12 Lankan Tamil refugees and two Iranians were dropped by a clandestine boat operator at the fifth isle off Mandapam Coast, fearing Indian Coast Guard (ICG). However, the stranded Sri Lankans and Iranians were taken to Arichalmunai
Air Force spokesman Wing Commander Andrew Wijesooriya said that the air raid conducted in the early hours of today followed air surveillance conducted recently on the targeted LTTE base. Citing the pilots, the spokesman confirmed that the targeted LTTE training
Country Business Manager, Intel EM Limited, Indika de Zoysa said this small wonder is a fundamental new shift in design, small yet powerful enough to enable a big Internet experience on new devices. This will unleash new innovation across the
Three LTTE men who surrendered to Sri Lankan Army yesterday have revealed that three bands of the Tiger cadres are presently occupying the premises of the 400-year-old Madhu church in north-western Mannar, the Defence Ministry said. Defence sources in the
The Tourism Resources Improvement Project (TRIP) covers the areas of Sigiriya, Anuradhapura, Nuwara-Eliya, Negombo, Kandy and Colombo" he said. According to Michael, the Project Management Unit (PMU) and the Regional Implementation Units (RIU) are supervising the implementation agencies such as
PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif has been from the very beginning opposed to the idea of removing Chowdhary and reinstating all other deposed Supreme Court judges. But, the PPP apparently is toeing the line President Pervez Musharraf who suspended the chief
According to the country's new Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, the number of people having purchasing power less than two dollars a day have increased from 33.6 percent to 73.6 percent in past eight years. Negating the last regime's claim of
He is learnt to have been offered the position of Balochistan Governor. Zardari made the offer through Iftikhar's counsels Aitzaz Ahsan, Athar Minallah, and Munir A Malik at a dinner last night, reported the Daily Times. Reliable sources say that
Zardari said at time some of these judges had not conducted with any degree of integrity or independence in the past, and reminded him while he was in jail none of these heroic judges had given him justice and one
They claimed that Indian security men apprehended Faiz because he was paralysed and could not speak properly to defend himself. According to them, Faiz Muhammad (70), a tailor by profession, was picked up from a railway station in Delhi soon
Mehbooba said that she had never met Benazir in her life, and always had a desire to meet at least once in her lifetime. "I regret that Benazir Bhutto was not there. I would have loved to meet her and
According to a report in The International news, the relics include rare stone carvings, sculptures and statues of the Buddha. "At least 1,000-1,500 different kinds of rock carvings, sculptures and statues have been found during the technical work, and the
