| Iconic Tamil singer TM Soundararajan dies |
[ Saturday, 25 May 2013, 03:42.14 PM ] [ ] |
 Veteran Tamil playback singer TM Soundararajan passed away in the age of 91 at his residence here on Saturday following a brief illness, family sources said. [More] |
| Controversial Sri Lanka Buddhist organization to hold a conference to challenge Mannar Bishop |
| [ Saturday, 25 May 2013, 10:49.48 AM ] |
 Leader of Bodu Bala Sena(BBS), the Buddhist extremist organization in Sri Lanka, Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thero vowed to hold a conference in Mannar to challenge Mannar Bishop Rayappu Joseph. [More] |
| Lanka ranks high in informal cash transfers |
| [ Saturday, 25 May 2013, 05:05.54 AM ] |
 Sri Lanka has ranked high among informal money transfers in the south Asian region last year, a new Gallup study revealed. [More] |
| Mihin flight grounded at BIA |
| [ Saturday, 25 May 2013, 04:47.45 AM ] |
 The take off of a Mihin Lanka flight was suspended temporarily at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake due to a mechanical malfunction in the aircraft this afternoon. [More] |
| No violation reports in Buddhist areas |
| [ Friday, 24 May 2013, 03:58.34 PM ] |
 Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa stated violations reported in the areas where we couldn’t find Temples. [More] |
| MoU between USA and Trinco Urban Council |
| [ Friday, 24 May 2013, 02:10.09 PM ] [] |
 The Sri Lanka government yesterday expressed concern over the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the US embassy in Colombo and the Trincomalee Urban Council to jointly establish a public information and activity centre known as the American Corner, without the knowledge or the authorisation of the Sri Lanka External Affairs Ministry. [More] |
| Father kills infant at Tangalle |
| [ Friday, 24 May 2013, 02:07.32 PM ] |
 A 1 year and 4 months old infant who sustained injuries after being run over by a jeep in a house in the Tangalle area. [More] |
| Spent high price to win freedom: Shavendra Silva |
| [ Friday, 24 May 2013, 12:25.02 PM ] |
 SriLankan Permanent representative to United Nation Maj.Gen.Shavendra Silva says we have spent high price to win freedom. [More] |
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New video evidence of the alleged executions of bound prisoners in Sri Lanka has emerged and is to be broadcast in full in Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields on Channel 4, as pressure builds for an international investigation.
There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [