A major earth tremor was felt in several parts of Sri Lanka a short while ago following an earthquake in Sumata. A tsunami watch has been issued for the region including Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia and several other countries. The earthquake in Sumatra was recorded at 8.8 on the Richter scale.
JVP dissident leader Premkumar Gunaratnam alias Noel Mudalige has been found after being reported missing since last weekend. The police said that Gunaratnam appeared before the police late last night and gave a statement and was scheduled to leave for Australia this morning. Australian authorities also confirmed that the activist reported missing by his family [...]
The government has ordered an investigation into the incident in Batticaloa where statues of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi and Britain’s Robert Baden-Powell had been vandalized. A statement by the External Affairs Ministry today said that the Inspector General of Police has been instructed to carryout an immediate and thorough investigation into these incidents [...]
The suspected organizer of the voyage of the MV Sun Sea, the human smuggling ship that brought almost 500 Sri Lankan asylum seekers to Canada in 2010, has been arrested in France, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said. Thayakaran Markandu was being held in custody by French authorities, police said, adding extradition proceedings [...]
The Sri Lankan economy registered its highest post-independence growth rate of 8.3 per cent in 2011, over the 8 per cent growth in 2010, with increased contribution from Industry and Services sectors, the Central Bank said this evening. The growth in Agriculture sector was subdued, but was adequate to enforce a substantial downward pressure [...]
Major General Prasanna de Silva – the defence adviser at the Sri Lanka high commission in London – is to return to Sri Lanka soon, the Guardian newspaper reported. This comes as an organisation representing the Tamil diaspora was set to launch legal action against the British Foreign Office over its failure to confront [...]
The US State Department Office of Global Criminal Justice (GCJ), formerly the Office of War Crimes Issues (WCI), led by Ambassador-at-Large Stephen Rapp, has submitted a report on Sri Lanka to the U.S Congress. Rapp, who visited Sri Lanka in February this year, has noted in the report efforts taken by the Sri Lankan [...]
Police Chief N.K Illangakoon has ordered an inquiry on the CID official who failed to appear in Court yesterday during hearing in the case on the death of Presidential advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra. The police media unit said today that the IGP has appointed a top police official to conduct the inquiry and take [...]
The cabinet has approved a proposal to impose a spot fine on drivers who violate seat belt rules, cabinet spokesman Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said today. Addressing the weekly cabinet press briefing the Minister said that the Motor Traffic Act will be amended to accommodate the change. Following its implementation a spot fine of Rs. 1000 [...]
One person was killed and 12 others injured following an accident on the A9 highway in Omanthai last evening, the police media unit said today. The accident involved a bus, a van and a tipper truck. A passenger bus had collided with the van coming on the opposite direction while the tipper truck had then [...]
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