A staff nurse of Changi General Hospital, Singapore who was allegedly molested by a doctor from Sri Lanka, was reportedly ‘advised’ by the hospital not to lodge a police report against the culprit, according to an informant who wishes to remain anonymous. A resident physician from Sri Lanka who works in the hospital’s Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care department was accused...

The High Commissioner for Human Rights today warned that there must be no reprisals against Sri Lankan human rights defenders in the aftermath of Thursday’s adoption by the Human Rights Council of a resolution on Sri Lanka, the Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville said. “During this Human Rights Council session, there has been an unprecedented and...

The Sri Lankan ambassador in Geneva Tamara Kunanayakam has received an anonymous threatening letter which is being followed up by the police and UN security, the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said today. Meanwhile the High Commissioner for Human Rights today also warned that there must be no reprisals against Sri Lankan ...

By Indika Sri Aravinda The Carlton Sports Network (CSN), owned by the Mahinda Rajapaksa family, has sought the exclusive broadcasting rights of the 2012 London Olympics. Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) has already paid for and obtained the exclusive rights for the broadcast and stands to lose financially if it gives the rights to another ...

By Tisaranee Gunasekara “Kill them out of the way… And let me hear their everlasting grunts and whines no more!” Shelley (Œdipus Tyrannus or Swellfoot the Tyrant) Abductions in the South continue unabated, even as the Resolution on Sri Lanka awaits a vote in Geneva. Can there be a more damning measure of Rajapaksa-addiction to ...

“…countries that won a war but ‘lost the peace’: gratuitously wasting the opportunities afforded them by their victory” Tony Judt (Reappraisals) By Tisaranee Gunasekara Creating incredible illusions to conceal insupportable realities is the Rajapaksa way. In this dystopian world, zero equals 8,000+; when prices go up, inflation comes down and people just love political deprivation ...

By Gayan Kumara WeerasinghaK. Shantha, a married father of one who had been considered missing since 2003, was revealed to have been murdered in his village of Neluwa, Nakanda instead. Police had received an anonymous tip-off on February 20, on the 119 emergency hotline, informing them that Shantha had been murdered by his wife and her lover. The anonymous caller had stated that the body had been ...

A Sri Lankan Government delegation has raised awareness in the UN Human Rights Commissioner about Darusman report and the prevailing situation in the country. The delegation now in Geneva led by Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday met with Human Rights Commissioner Navaneetham Pillay. They informed her about the prevailing situation in the country. Speaking ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been under fire from world leaders to step down this week. He’s also under fire from hacktivist group Anonymous, who leaked hundreds of his office’s emails on Monday.

Gandhi dressed to be accepted by the poorest person in India, advocating the use of homespun cloth (khadi). He and his followers adopted the practice of weaving their own cloth. President of the United States Barack Obama in an address to a Joint Session of the Parliament of India said that:”I am mindful that I ...

By Lakshman Indranath Keerthisinghe Attorney-at-Law The Supreme One said : “I am made evident by my own power, and as often as there is a decline of virtue and an insurrection of vice and injustice in the world, I make myself evident and thus I appear from age to age for the preservation of the ...

Further repression of media, civil society, minorities (New York) – The Sri Lankan government in the past year failed to advance justice and accountability for the victims of the country’s 26-year-long civil conflict, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2012. While Sri Lanka’s war-ravaged north and east became more open, the government deepened repression of basic f...

New York 23 January 2012:The Sri Lankan government in the past year failed to advance justice and accountability for the victims of the country’s 26-year-long civil conflict, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2012. While Sri Lanka’s war-ravaged north and east became more open, the government deepened repression of basic freedoms throughout ...

Professor R.O Thattil who introduced the z-score system to Sri Lanka has received death threats from anonymous callers, the Federation of University Teachers Association (FUTA) claimed today.

By Easwaran Rutnam The  second biggest shareholder of Hunter & Co. Plc has accused the board of mismanaging funds and failing to show accounts for funds given by the shareholders for a project. Talib T. Al-Nakib, the second largest shareholder in Hunter & Co. Plc, the parent company of Lanka Canneries, Sri Lanka’s largest food ...

By L. Fernando Iggy Pop and The Stooges Probably the funniest rider of all time, Iggy Pop and The Stooges’ rider aims to entertain and humour instead of scare and intimidate. The rider, which is written in a rambling conversational tone with a few internal monologues thrown in for good measure, is quite frankly a ...

By Kusal Perera “Sometimes, all you have is nonsense to deal with and your anger, with which to do so”. - Anonymous “Happy New Year” said everyone to everyone else, after the year had faded off with bursting fire crackers last night. If all wishes made in good faith for a better New Year in ...

The nun attached to Mother Theresa’s Missionaries of Charity home in Rawatawatte was released by Colombo Additional Magistrate today and acquitted of all charges including allegations for sending children for adoption without proper approval.   Sister Mary Eliza was arrested following an anonymous call received to the National Child Protection Authority that illegal adoption of babies are ta...

By Ranee Mohamed At a press conference held at the Bishop’s House of Colombo yesterday, Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith proclaimed that he will not be attending any functions of the state or state institutions till the authorities clear the name of the Missionaries of Charity and stop the unfounded allegations and harassment. ‘I ...

(Srilankamirror) - Questioning the arrest of an Indian nun over a baby farm allegation, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has decided to boycott all government functions in protest over the incident. The Colombo archbishop told the media that he has serious questions over the conduct of the National Child Protection Authority, police and the media regarding the charge against ‘Prem Nivasa’...

  The Sri Lankan army ordered extra-judicial killings and assassinations during the final days of the country’s civil war, according to allegations made by a former member of the army. The source made the statements in an affidavit, obtained by The International as a part of an investigative report on the civil war, published today. The allegations ...

At least five hand bombs and a tiny stock of explosives was unearthed from a building at the Sri Jayewardene University earlier today, police said. The said the find was made during a police search of the faculty, following an anonymous tip-off. The explosives that were packed into plastic pipes was concealed inside a ceiling at a building belong to the Arts Faculty of the complex. The Mirihana po...

Sumana Premachandra the wife of the slain former parliamentarian and presidential advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra lodged a complaint with the Cinnamon Garden police regarding anonymous calls she has being receiving...

By Imaad Majeed The government has taken extra measures to impose restrictions on the local media by blocking news websites alleged to have engaged in “character assassination” and “invasion of privacy”. Secretary for Ministry of Media and Information, W. B. Ganegala said, “the ministry will introduce a code of ethics and media guidelines.” Mudslinging and ...

The Rajapaksa brothers, Basil and Gotabhaya, have both shown a keen sense of likened thinking with regard to the conduct of the war in Sri Lanka. In a leaked US embassy cable Basil Rajapaksa is quoted as having told members of the US Senate Foreign Relations that, ‘I’m not saying we’re clean; we could not ...

(Lanka-e-News -06.Nov.2011, 2.30PM) The President of the panel of judges of the High court , justice Ms. Deepali Wjesundara in the white flag case had received anonymous letters threatening her with death,...

The Koswatta Police  have arrested the father and a friend in connection with the kidnapping of the 15-year-old who was returning  to the Haldanduwana Catholic Church recently. The Police said the kidnappers who were arrested yesterday during the exchange for the boy turned out to be his parents. The Police  commenced investigations after Fr. Don Francis Laus had lodged a ...

Koswatta Police said it was still to make a breakthrough in the abduction of Manoj Priyankara,  a 15-year-old boy who went missing while returning to Hal-aduana Catholic Church after visiting his parents. The kidnappers had reportedly demanded a ransom of Rs. 500,000 from a priest of the church. Fr. Don Francis Laus had lodged a complaint at the Koswatta Police, stating that the 15-year-old w...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has written an open letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa urging him to take whatever measures are necessary to protect Frederica Jansz, the editor of The Sunday Leader, and to ensure that those responsible for last week’s death threats against her are arrested. The threatening letter Jansz received on 27 October was ...

Foreign minister GL Peiris  on Sunday condemned the "preposterous" UN-commissioned report alleging war crimes and revealing he stopped Canada raising it at a Commonwealth meeting, AFP reported Foreign Minister Gamini Peiris also confirmed Sri Lanka will host the next Commonwealth leaders' meeting in 2013, saying that none of the 54-nation bloc raised the prospect of moving it during t...