Concerns over Fonseka’s arrest
Concerns were raised by the international community today over the arrest of General Sarath Fonseka with the United States fearing it would worsen divisions as the island recovers from war and the UN appealing to both sides to show restraint. ...
[Views:66] [Tue, Feb 09, 2010] [Full Article]

Fonseka to be court marshalled
General Sarath Fonseka who was arrested late this evening will be Court Marshalled for the military crimes he has committed, Director General of the Media Centre for National Security Lakshman Hullugala told state television a short while ago. ...
[Views:46] [Tue, Feb 09, 2010] [Full Article]

General Fonseka arrested
Former army Chief and opposition Presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka and his media secretary Senaka de Silva were arrested by the military police a short while ago, opposition Member of Parliament Mano Ganeshan told Daily Mirror online. ...
[Views:61] [Tue, Feb 09, 2010] [Full Article]

Russian leader meets Mahinda
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is on a three-day state visit to Russia met the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow this evening. ...
[Views:14] [Tue, Feb 09, 2010] [Full Article]

Fonseka ready to be arrested
General Sarath Fonseka says the government should arrest him if he had attempted to stage a coup as claimed by the authorities and the failure to take him in to custody could only mean that the claims are fabricated. ...
[Views:38] [Tue, Feb 09, 2010] [Full Article]

Over 100,000 squatters on state land
Almost 120,000 families have illegally occupied land plots on government sanctuaries, forests reserves and unoccupied land, Commissioner General of the Land Commissioner General's Department S.B.A.B Boralasa told Daily Mirror online. ...
[Views:6] [Tue, Feb 09, 2010] [Full Article]

Underage youth sent on tourist visas
Foreign employment bureau authorities have detected a racket by an organized gang in sending underage youth overseas on tourist visas, on the pretext of providing employment. ...
[Views:21] [Tue, Feb 09, 2010] [Full Article]

Lanka to clear allegations with UN
The government has decided to meet the UN Human Rights Council Chief Navaneethan Pillai in Geneva tomorrow in order to counter allegations raised by former Army Chief General Sarath Fonseka regarding the final stages of the conflict. ...
[Views:17] [Tue, Feb 09, 2010] [Full Article]

General elections likely on April 9
Parliament is expected to be dissolved at midnight tomorrow and General elections are expected to be held on April 9, a top government official told Daily Mirror online on the condition of anonymity. ...
[Views:45] [Mon, Feb 08, 2010] [Full Article]

Media to be quizzed over coup plot
Sri Lankan authorities are likely to question several media persons, who were present at a Colombo hotel during defeated opposition presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka's stay there, over the alleged plot by him to stage a coup and assassinate i ...
[Views:49] [Mon, Feb 08, 2010] [Full Article]

Over 40 injured in Kandy accident
A hired private bus heading towards Mennikhinna from Kandy had veered off the road and crashed injuring at least 44 passengers at the Kirimetiyana Junction in Mennikhinna this morning, police spokesman SP Preshantha Jayakody told Daily Mirror online. ...
[Views:79] [Mon, Feb 08, 2010] [Full Article]

FM alleges UNP, JVP, LTTE nexus
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama alleged a sinister nexus seems to be surfacing between the JVP-UNP alliance and pro-LTTE groups abroad, which will be detrimental to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka. ...
[Views:48] [Mon, Feb 08, 2010] [Full Article]

Overcrowding at Kandy exhibition
Overcrowding at the Deyata Kirula National Development Exhibition underway in Kandy forced organizers to suspend admissions for at least half an hour this afternoon. ...
[Views:50] [Mon, Feb 08, 2010] [Full Article]

Unidentified fever kills two
An unidentified fever has claimed the lives of two people in Matara. A female graduate teacher from Kataragama (34) and a father of five from Kottegodda (64) died at the Matara Hospital where they were admitted after contracting the fever. ...
[Views:43] [Mon, Feb 08, 2010] [Full Article]

TMVP meeting ends in stalemate
A meeting of senior TMVP members ended in stalemate a short while ago with the party unable to reach a consensus if to contest the upcoming general elections independently or with the ruling UPFA government. ...
[Views:52] [Sun, Feb 07, 2010] [Full Article]

Karuna denies UN allegations
Minister of National Integration and Reconciliation Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan (Karuna) has rejected allegations raised in a UN report that claims rampant child recruitment is taking place in the Ampara district under the orders of his associate Ini ...
[Views:64] [Sun, Feb 07, 2010] [Full Article]

UK man nabbed over Feb 4 incident
A suspected LTTE supporter was arrested in London, over his involvement in an incident at the Sri Lankan High Commission on February 4th where a group had attempted to burn the Sri Lankan flag, Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama told to ...
[Views:72] [Sun, Feb 07, 2010] [Full Article]

Canada court overturns IRB ruling allowing Tamil free
The Federal Court of Canada has rebuked the Immigration and Refugee Board for putting the rights of a foreign national being investigated for possible links to a terrorist group above the protection of Canadians. ...
[Views:65] [Sun, Feb 07, 2010] [Full Article]