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By Dinasena Ratugamage Tamil Nadu Police on Wednesday arrested three asylum seekers from Jaffna as they had criminal records in Sri Lanka.The three men reached India aboard a fishing vessel and faced an interview. The officials became suspicious of the youth and sought information about them from Sri Lankan authorities.

By Saman Indrajith Colombo District SJB MP S.M. Marikkar says reforms proposed by the National Delimitation Committee to the electoral system will create further divisions in society on the basis of race, religion and caste.Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, MP Marikkar said that the National Delimitation Committee headed by former Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya had […]

Minister of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe yesterday said the presentation of the Anti Terrorism Act (ATA) to Parliament would be postponed until the end of April due to requests from political parties and civil society organisations opposed to the proposed law. The Minister said that by delaying the presentation of the […]

On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka during 05th to 15th of April in this year. The nearest areas of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead today (07th) are Koralawella, Ingiriya, Kiriella, Embuldeniya, Haldummulla, Rathmalwehera and Waradeniyawa at about […]

A high-level delegation led by the Director General of the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) International Dr. Yun Young-ho visited Sri Lanka under the invitation of former President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena recently. The delegation had fruitful meetings with President Ranil Wickramasinghe , Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardane and the Speaker of the Parliament Mahinda Yapa […]

The outgoing South Korean Ambassador to Sri Lanka Woonjin Jeong called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat on Thursday (06).

By Saman Indrajith SJB MP Eran Wickramaratne says that there has been a severe erosion of public confidence in police and that would further worsen if a corrupt officer with human rights charges against his name is appointed to the IGP post. “People have no faith at all about the police and its investigations. There […]

SC determination on ‘Central Bank of Sri Lanka’ Bill: By Shamindra Ferdinando Opposition lawmaker Gevindu Cumaratunga yesterday (06) has asked whether Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena and Parliament sought to mislead members of the House with regards to the Supreme Court determination on the ‘Central Bank of Sri Lanka’ Bill. Addressing the media on behalf of […]

Senior Advisor to the President on National Security and Chief of Staff of the President  Sagala Ratnayake  when he met representatives of the Kolomthota Eksath Welenda Sangamaya and other pavement hawkers’ associations on Thursday (06) assured them that an environment will be created for them to engage in their business in a way that would […]

Raila Odinga calls off anti government protests but warns of possible resumption if dialogue fails to yield results.