The Sri Lanka government deeply regrets the baseless comments and is perturbed by such statements being made by the Norwegian Minister against a friendly government, said a release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs protesting against a statement by Eric Solheim published in the Norwegian language Aften Posten. Eric Solheim had been commenting about the [...]
The Criminal Investigations Department, the Terrorist Investigation Division and intelligence sleuths investigating suicide blasts by the LTTE targeting politicians and other VIPs, which remained a mystery for years, are in the process of completing the investigations with revelations by Tiger cadres arrested after the defeat of the LTTE three months back. CID and TID sources [...]
The Sri Lankan High Commission denied its army was involved in atrocities against the ethnic Tamil minority after notorious British television Channel 4 aired video Tuesday allegedly showing a soldier executing two men. Channel 4 News showed disturbing footage of a man dressed in army uniform shooting a naked, bound and blindfolded man in the [...]
Police spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekera this evening issued a statement clarifying the situation regarding the recent assault on IT student Nipuna Ramanayake allegedly by Senior Superintendent of Police Vass Gunawardene’s son and several others. The following is a translation of the statement received in Sinhalese: Consequent to the above case being taken up at the [...]
The Government yesterday said over 15,000 IDP families from the Jaffna district will be resettled in their original homes soon. According to Resettlement and Relief Services Minister Rishad Badiudeen, the authorities have already identified over 15,000 displaced families who claim themselves to be the residents of Jaffna and their details have been forwarded to the [...]
A large number of Catholic devotees turned up yesterday (Aug 15) at the Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu for the festive High Mass which was held in a free environment for the first time. Devotees in their public and private vehicles had a hassle-free journey sans security checks to participate in the feasts, and [...]
It is a well-known fact among international security experts that one of the longstanding foreign policy doctrines of the United States is to destabilize countries and regions that are considered hostile to US economic and strategic interests. This policy has been the bedrock of American military and covert operations across the globe throughout the cold [...]
Two bodies of females were recovered while lying in a ditch at Bauddhaloka Mawatha in Borella this morning. They are believed to be domestic aides, aged 17 and 20 years, of two houses in the vicinity, says Police Media spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekera. They are from the Maskeliya and Lakshapana areas, say police.
The Sri Lanka Terrorist Investigation Division(TID) urgently calls on the public to provide any information to help arrest the a female suicide bomber who according to information frequents the area of Old Moor Street, Colombo12.
The new Tamil Tiger chief, Shanmugam Kumaran Tharmalingam (alias Selvarasa Pathmanathan, Kumaran Pathmanathan or simply KP), was arrested in Thailand and brought to Colombo on Thursday for questioning. However Thai officials refuted the reports, claiming they had no information about such an arrest. According to informed sources KP was arrested by the Thai Police at [...]
