FCA unaware of visa time limits to foreign journalists
The Foreign Correspondents Association (FCA) today said that it was unaware of any time limits on visas issued to foreign journalists posted to Sri Lanka.
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SL police reject kidney racket behind Indian’s death
Sri Lankan police rejected reports of a suspected kidney racket behind the death of a 26-year-old Indian, saying he died of heart failure.
High-powered delegation from Pakistan visiting Sri Lanka
A 21 member’s delegation of the National Defence University (NDU) Pakistan, headed by Major General Noel Israel Khokhar, HI(M) will be arriving in Sri Lanka tomorrow (21, April, 2014) on a weeklong visit.
Diplomatic help sought to arrest LTTE operatives
External Affairs Minister Prof.G.L.Peiris will meet the diplomatic community next week to brief them on the recent proscription of LTTE fronts by the Government and seek their cooperation to apprehend LTTE operatives who have been issued interpol red notices.
Were Indian Troops Involved in the Humanitarian Operations?
Answering queries posed by journalists on a case filed in the Indian Supreme Court the Director of the Media Centre Briadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya said that, “India and Sri Lanka have maintained good bilateral relations and that militaries of both nations also have maintained constant relations in many related fields including training, field exercises etc…” “Even Read More
UNP MPs attacked
UNP MPs who were visiting the Hambantota Port and the Mattala Airport had come under attack by a group of Government supporters led by local politicians when they were coming out of the harbour a short while ago.
40 Red Notices against LTTE operatives abroad
Interpol is reported to have issued 40 ‘Red Notices’ against LTTE operatives living abroad.
UNP makes a cross wind landing at Mattala
The visit of the UNP MPs to the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport, Mattala ended with a commotion when a group of men confronted them when they were coming out of the airport premises after the visit.
Details of SL military officials on BTU website
The Sri Lankan Army today claimed that a group calling itself the British Tamil Union had in its website published photos and details of officers attached to the Sri Lanka Security Forces in an attempt at hitting back at the Sri Lankan Government for banning LTTE front organisations.
ශ්රී ලංකාව: ඝාතකයන් නිදැල්ලේ
“මාධ්යවේදීන් ආරක්ෂා කිරීමේ කමිටුව” (CPJ) විසින් නිකුත් කොට ඇති නවතම වාර්තාව අනුව ශ්රී ලංකාව “දඬුවමින් මිදී සිටීමේ” ලෝක දර්ශකයේ ඉහළ ස්ථානයකට පත්ව තිබේ.