| SriLanka fail to respect 20th session of UN Human Rights Council |
| [Sunday, 24 June 2012, 05:44 PM] |
Sri Lanka has begun preparing for a key review of the human rights situation in the country at the UN in Geneva, officials said on Sunday. [More] |
| 5 Feet high fly over bridge open at Killinochchie |
[Sunday, 24 June 2012, 05:37 PM] [ ] |
5 feet high fly over bridge construct at the Vadakatchchie main road near Killinochchie pond had over towards peoples use today. [More] |
| Lankan Tamil national detained at the Chenkalpattu engage in strike |
[Sunday, 24 June 2012, 05:33 PM] [ ] |
For past one week Lankan Tamil national detained at the Chenkalpattu detention center Tamil Nadu urge officials to release from the detention center. [More] |
| Sanath apologised from President Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| [Sunday, 24 June 2012, 05:08 PM] |
Matara District Parliamentarian Sanath Jayasuriya who wrote to President Mahinda Rajapaksa asking for a deputy ministerial post has withdrawn his letter and apologised for the request. [More] |
| Manmohan Singh pressured Lankan president at Rio+confereance |
| [Sunday, 24 June 2012, 04:51 PM] |
Two discussions held between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Rio+20 conference in Brazil, sources said. [More] |
| National ID card for rehabilitated LTTE members: Ruwan Wanigasuriya |
| [Sunday, 24 June 2012, 03:35 PM] |
Military media spokesman Brig. Ruwan Wanigasuriya stated steps would be taken to provide national ID cards for former LTTE members completed their rehabilitation programme in the country. [More] |
| New War Crime Videos Surface from Sri Lanka Tamil Genocide |
[Sunday, 24 June 2012, 03:26 PM] [ ] |
Essay written by the Time King towards Salem.news.con clearly briefs on more evidence of war crimes in Sri Lanka; it is a disturbing matter and the images contained in this article are tragic and gruesome, so proceed at your own discretion. [More] |
| Lankan Navy attacked us at the mid sea says Tamil Nadu fishermen |
| [Sunday, 24 June 2012, 02:29 PM] |
Four Indian fishermen were on Sunday attacked allegedly by Sri Lankan naval men off Katchatheevu, even as nine others detained by the island Navy arrived at the coastguard camp in Mandapam near Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. [More] |
| Gotabaya to evacuate illegal buildings from Colombo |
| [Sunday, 24 June 2012, 02:24 PM] |
Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided to evacuate illegal building from Colombo district. [More] |
| GL’s Promises to Clinton Revealed: Sunday leader challenges government |
| [Sunday, 24 June 2012, 02:22 PM] |
A two page plan that was presented to US Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton five weeks ago by External Affairs Minister G. L. Peiris details short, medium and long term measures to be adopted by the government to implement recommendations made by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). [More] |
| President returns from Brazil |
| [Sunday, 24 June 2012, 06:59 AM] |
President Mahinda Rajapaksa who was on an official visit to Brazil returned to the country early this morning. [More] |
| Lankan arrested in New Delhi |
| [Sunday, 24 June 2012, 06:56 AM] |
A Sri Lanka national has been arrested from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport for traveling on a forged Schengen visa, police said on Saturday. [More] |
| Investigations into alleged abuse of maid at the SL Embassy |
| [Sunday, 24 June 2012, 05:00 AM] |
The External Affairs Ministry has commenced a special investigation into an incident where a worker in the Sri Lankan embassy in Saudi Arabia is said to have abused a housemaid. [More] |
| Man arrested for strangling woman with a cord |
| [Sunday, 24 June 2012, 04:52 AM] |
A suspect accused of sexually molesting a woman and then strangling her to death with a cord has been arrested by Monaragala Police. [More] |
| Heated debate over head of LTTE’s international financial wing |
| [Sunday, 24 June 2012, 04:50 AM] |
UNP MP Dayasiri Jayasekara while speaking in Parliament Friday, questioned whether the international financial wing head of the LTTE will be tried in Sri Lanka. [More] |