SLN Arrests 74 Indian Fishermen Poaching in Sri Lankan Waters
Sri Lanka Navy arrested 74 Indian fishermen along with 18 Indian fishing trawlers poaching in Sri Lankan waters on 19th March 2014.
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NPC Chief Secretary takes Chief Minister to court
by Chitra Weerarathne Mrs. R. Wijialudchumi the chief secretary of the Northern Provincial Council, has filed a fundamental rights violation application in the Supreme Court complaining that the Chief Minister of the Province C.V. Wigneswaran, from the day he became the Chief Minister had been attempting to interfere with her employment.
Acting Speaker forced to retreat
by Saman Indrajith Strong protests from UNP parliamentarians forced UPFA National List MP A. H. M. Azwer who was presiding over parliamentary sittings on Thursday to leave the Speaker’s Chair.
Ukraine to Withdraw Troops From Crimea, Officials Announce
Ukraine is preparing to withdraw its soldiers and their families from Crimea, officials in Kiev announced Wednesday.
Missing Persons Commission Commences Sittings in the East
The Presidential Commission to investigate cases of persons from the Northern and Eastern Provinces who went missing during the period 1990–2009 commenced its first public sittings in the eastern part of the country in the Batticaloa District today.
Mullaittivu New Army Woman Recruits Begin Training
Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps (SLAWC) instructors and trainers on Monday (17) commenced the Recruit Training Programme for all 29 Tamil women, enlisted to the Army from Mullaittivu district after the Army announced its vacancies for woman recruits.
ජිනීවාහිදී ශෂීදරන් කර ඇති සාවද්‍ය ප්‍රකාශ ගැන ඇමතිවරු අප්‍රසාදය පළ කරති
හිටපු එල්ටීටීඊ ක්‍රියාකාරිකයෙකු වූ එලීලන්ගේ බිරිඳ ආනන්දි ශෂීදරන් එක්සත් ජාතීන් ගේ මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලයේදී කර ඇති ප්‍රකාශ ගැන අප්‍රසාදය පළ කරන කැබිනට් ඇමතිවරු ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උතුරු පළාතේ පවතින සැබෑ තත්ත්වය ගැන මෙරට සහ පිටරටවල්වල තානාපති කාර්යාල මගින් අන්තර් ජාතික ප්‍රජාව දැනුවත් කිරීමට වහාම පියවර ගන්නා ලෙස විදේශ ඇමතිවරයාගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටිති.
PM briefed on US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was today briefed by top officials on the US-sponsored resolution on human rights violations in Sri Lanka, within hours of government announcing that it will move amendments to the final draft text at Geneva-based UNHRC to send a “resolute message” on the issue.
Ambassadors of Korea and Palestine Pay Farewell Calls on President Rajapaksa
The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Sri Lanka Mr. Jong-moon Choi and the Ambassador of Palestine in Sri Lanka Dr. Anwar H. Al Agha paid farewell calls on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees this morning.
‘Best lead we have’: Possible parts of jet found off Australia
By M. Alex Johnson An Australian satellite spotted two objects in the southern Indian Ocean that could be related to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Australian authorities said Thursday in what they called “the best lead we have” in the mysterious case.