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The Supreme Court yesterday refused leave to proceed with the fundamental rights violation petition filed by retired rear admiral Sarath Weerasekera, former MP and Professor Wimaladharma Abeywickrame, challenging that the present administration was not a national government and could not..

“On July 17, 2010, houses and cultivation of families living in Shasthrawela and Ragamwela villages were torched and the community was assaulted by a group of unidentifiable armed men and forcibly evicted from their lands. The local police initially prevented..

The Yahapalana appointed Chief Justice K. Sripavan, a Tamil over other Sinhala candidates yesterday declined to be a member of the Bench hearing the fundamental rights petition on the vandalisation of a Buddhist Shrine at Kanagarayankulam in Mankulam. The Bench..

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) strongly condemned the racist statements which had been made by the extremist Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran. SLFP Senior Vice Chairman Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said the statement made by Wigneswaran ‘Tamils, wake..

Mr. Udaya Gammanpila said today he was looking forward for the arrest of Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran, who spearheaded a demonstration called ‘Eluga Tamil’ (Let Tamils Rise) by violating the Public Property Act by the so called Yahapalana..

Shenali D Waduge The following photos are alarming and raises more questions than answers. Who can explain the connection? There were many Church-based NGOs operating in the North and East throughout the conflict. Many of them had their offices virtually..

Following bail out drama of four military intelligent officers recently government now contemplating to release hard core LTTE Tamil terrorists as a part of pact with pro-LTTE Tamil terrorists political party, Tamil National Alliance (TNA). Government is in secret discussion..

Four Military Intelligent officers who were in the remand prison over a year had been granted bail out today by paying a sum of Rs. 500,000 as a bond each at the Homagama court.  These officers were in the custody..

(Courtesy of The Island) By Shamindra Ferdinando   Former General Officer Commanding (GoC) of 53 Division Maj. Gen. Kamal Gunaratne has urged the government to stop rapid deterioration of the country’s premier intelligence service, the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI)…

(Courtesy of The Island) A new trend seems to be emerging in the public statements and behavior of some foreign diplomats accredited to Sri Lanka. Such talk and behavior would have been unthinkable in the past. A onetime British High..