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‘Such sensitive action cannot be based on NGO findings’ Chairman of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on National Security, Rear Admiral (retd) Sarath Weerasekara, has condemned the blacklisting by the US of Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda over the latter’s alleged involvement in ‘a gross violation of human rights during his tenure as a Naval […]
by Norman Palihawadane Special security and traffic arrangements are in place today in view of the May Day celebrations countrywide.Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said special May Day rallies and parades were scheduled to be held in Colombo, Nugegoda, Kandy, Hatton and Nuwara Eliya today and more than 3,500 police personnel had been deployed for […]
by Norman Palihawadane Notorious underworld gang leader and drug dealer, Sinhara Amal Saminda Silva alias Rathmalane Kudu Anju, who is accused of killing Sri Lankan cricketer Dhananjaya de Silva’s father, has been arrested by the French police. He is to be extradited here. Police spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said that Kudu Anju had been arrested […]
The JVP-led NPP says that the main opposition SJB did not have the backbone to vote against the government’s deal with the IMF, in Parliament on Friday. Addressing the media at the JVP headquarters in Pelawatte on Saturday, former JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti said that the SJB’s absence was tantamount to an indirect endorsement of […]