The government has not renewed Emergency Regulations, which is right and good. The draconian Prevention Of Terrorism Act, however, preserves much of the same powers, including search without warrants and detention without charge. Since the government so boldly defeated terrorism years ago, it is only fitting that the PTA, too, be repealed. Emergency Regulations gave [...]
The Colombo High Court last week sentenced to death the suspects involved in the Angulana double murder. The four suspects included the former OIC of the Angulana Police, two former police constables and a former home-guard. Photo shows the grieving parents of one of the youth walking out of the Courthouse after the verdict was [...]
By Indika Sri Aravinda The State Intelligence Service (SIS) is monitoring the movements of some political parties and groups supportive of the government as well as two Cabinet Ministers namely Champika Ranawaka and Wimal Weerawansa, intelligence sources said. Among those under the scanner is the Patriotic National Movement (PNM), National Freedom Front (NFF) of which [...]
By Hishan Welmilla The 13th edition of the IAAF World Championships where Sri Lankan athletes will pit themselves against the best on the planet got under way here in Daegu on Saturday with a spectacular opening ceremony. Sri Lankan distance runner Chaminda Wijekoon and hurdler Christine Sonali Merrill will carry Sri Lanka’s hopes at this [...]
A US embassy cable released by the Wikileaks website last week quotes a former US official in Colombo as saying that a group of doctors who were in the Wanni during the war, had been “coached” on what to say at a press briefing in Colombo after they were arrested. Dr T. Sathiyamoorthy, Dr T. [...]
Fruits & Vegetables Transportation Transportation of fruits and vegetables by crates has been mandated to be effective from Thursday to minimize post harvest losses, an official told this reporter. Dr. D. B. T. Wijeratne, Agriculture Ministry Enterprise Development Director said that the necessary regulations in this regard have had already been passed. It will [...]
By Indika Sri Aravinda The social media website Facebook has decided to investigate the fan page for the “grease devil” after Sri Lankan authorities had lodged a complaint. Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Response Team Senior Information Security Engineer Rohana Palliyaguru told The Sunday Leader that a complaint against the fan page had been submitted to [...]
Legislation Being Drafted By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The Local Government and Provincial Councils Ministry says the legislation to establish an authority to administer the local government bodies in the Colombo District are being drafted by the Legal Draftsman’s Department. Secretary of the Local Government and Provincial Councils Ministry Dr. N. Jayathileka said the government has [...]
By Ranee Mohamed Khanzul Maharifa Abdul Kareem was in her early 30s when she left her husband and three children to go to Dubai on a sad night in April 2006. She had heard about the affluence and dreamt of bringing back some of it to her broken down home in Selva Nagar, Seruwila where [...]
By Easwaran Rutnam The European Union (EU) is yet to respond to a request from Sri Lanka to list LTTE front organizations operating in Europe as terrorist entities. Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the European Union Ravinatha Aryasinha told The Sunday Leader that Sri Lanka is trying to maintain the spotlight on the activities of LTTE [...]
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