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Sri Lanka not to Proceed with Press Code
(AFP) / 23 June 2013 Sri Lanka’s president has scrapped a contentious code of conduct for journalists after editors and rights groups condemned it as a further blow to press freedom, government and...
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Its wrong to Transfer of Lankan officers from TN to Pune-Gotabaya
By Shamindra Ferdinando The Sri Lankan government wouldn’t accept the transfer of military officers, now studying at the prestigious Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), at Wellington, Tamil...
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Mervin’s Connections with Vass -Sri Lanka’s Scandal
By Nirmala Kannangara Following revelations on how former DIG Vass Gunawardena extorted money from the Parliamentary Affairs Secretary to Minister Mervyn Silva to avoid taking action against him for...
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Sri Lankan Rupee Slipping?
Current uncertainty and depreciating trends in the Sri Lankan rupee against the US dollar could continue in coming weeks and see an outflow of dollars from Central Bank reserves, bankers and...
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Sri Lanka- Living in a Green Paradise
What is it like to live in the Green Paradise of Sri Lanka ?
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will Treat Criminals Harshly-Gota
Hafeel Farisz Interviews Defence Secretary The country’s powerful Secretary of Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa spoke to the Daily Mirror in one of his most wide ranging interviews in recent times,...
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Sri Lanka Ranked the 9th most Dangerous Country to live
Did you think armed violence only affected war-torn countries? Think again. Half a million people die violent deaths every year, but only one in 10 are killed in conflict zones. Using data from the...
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Sri Lankan Refugee launches High Court challenge in Australia
A High Court challenge has been launched against the indefinite detention of a Sri Lankan woman who received an adverse security assessment from ASIO. The woman, Ranjini, was pregnant and living in...
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Anti Muslim Attack
Ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar has shocked the world and drawn attention to rising Islamophobia in Asia. Now Muslims in Sri Lanka are under dire threat as well. The Sri Lankan...
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Terror Bomb Blast at Bodh Gaya
Nine serial explosions rocked the Mahabodhi Temple complexin Bodh Gaya on Sunday morning, leaving at least five people injured. Union home secretary Anil Goswami confirmed that the Bodh Gaya blasts...
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Sri Lankan Umpires in Spot Fixing- Two Banned -one Suspended
Sri Lanka cricket bosses on Tuesday banned two umpires named by an Indian television programme last year that claimed they were willing to make favourable decisions during matches for cash. Sri...
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UK Rules on Sri Lanka Human Rights
Fransis Harison The ruling in an important immigration case in Britain suggests that Sri Lanka’s human rights situation is far from improving, four years after the civil war ended. Under new guidance...
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Call to Ban Bodu Bala – Sponsor of Petition not Known
A on line petition calling to ban the Bodu Bala Sena has been launched.The sponsor of the petition is not known.The BBS has always denied alegation s that there actions are causing distress against...
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Wife of Sri Lankas Arrested DIG Wass Gunawardana Warned -Son Wanted
The CID yesterday informed Additional Magistrate A.M. Sahabdeen that the son of former DIG Vas Gunawardena is wanted in connection with further investigations in connection with the killing of...
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Tamil Farmer Locked Up For Ever
Mark Baker Editor-at-Large, The Age View more articles from Mark Baker The harrowing case of a Tamil farmer confined in indefinite detention challenges the power of ASIO to judge people’s right to...
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Sri Lanka’s New Law makers and Enforcement -Al jazera Video
There’s growing tension between hardline buddhists and Muslims and Christians. A group of Buddhist organizations in Sri Lanka says they will have to take the law into their own hands to protect the...
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Sea Lizerds in Police Net
A total of 110 kg of “kadal palli” (sea lizard), being transported from Chennai to Sri Lanka via Ramanathapuram, was seized near in India today and three people were arrested in this connection. The...
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Why Should the TNA be at the Parliamentary Select Committee?
By Dayan Jayatilleka - Dr Dayan Jayatilleka While it is desirable that a leader has an enlightened and transcendent vision for post-war nation-building, it is also understandable that a different kind...
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Flying Fish Investigated – Cultural Activist intimidated
The Production Company officials of the international award winning Sinhala film ‘Igilena Malu’ (Flying Fish) that was subjected to controversy after its screening at a French Film Festival held last...
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Sri Lankan Rupee Weakening
COLOMBO, July 15 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares slipped in thin trading on Monday led by telecom shares as investors awaited direction on the rupee. The main share index ended 0.22 percent, or 13.54...
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