Shantidevi (name changed), a Sri Lankan refugee, committed self-immolation after a Indian police Sub Inspector allegedly outraged her modesty inside the police station in Karur, Tamil Nadu on March 7, the Times of India reported today.
Former TNA MP M.K. Shivajilingam has made arrangements to send the mother of slain LTTE Leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran to Canada where her daughter Vinothini Rajendran lives....
Opposition Leader of the Southern provincial Council Buddhika Pathirana said that the Army’s Gemunu Camp in Kotuwegoda, Matara has become a tavern for members of Tharunyata Hetak and the Nil Balakaya....
Retired General Sarath Fonseka will be court martialed on seven counts under the Army Act by a three member bench which will begin hearings on March 16, Military spokesman Major General Prasad Samarasinghe said today. ...
A fundamental rights petition challenging the naming of several new detention centres inside military installations was withdrawn this morning after State Counsel informed the Court that these places have only been identified and would be run under the supervision of the IGP. ...
The History and Archeology Department of Jaffna University has excavated a temple of the Chola era in Nedunthivu or Delft Island, off the Jaffna coast....
Sri Lankan religious leaders have called for free and fair polls scheduled for April in an election campaign that has already been marred by violence....
The Asian Human Rights Commission reliably understands that there is a move to arrest and detain J.C. Weliamuna, the chairperson of Transparency International in Sri Lanka (TISL) on fabricated charges. ...
A protest march was organized in Napoli in Italy on the 7th to demand the government of Sri Lanka to immediately release Gen. Sarath Fonseka who is being arbitrarily detained by the SL. Army. According to the organizers of this event the protest march is the third of the protest events held in Italy against the arrest and detention of Gen. Sarath Fonseka....
The UNP is opposed to the appointment of a ‘Panel of Experts’ by UN Secretary General but blamed the government for acting in an undemocratic manner which has resulted in such a move. ...
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