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| Lankans involved in Tamil Nadu abduction |
| 2013-06-06 |
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An abducted British couple was rescued and nine persons, including two Sri Lankans, were arrested in Chennai for allegedly committing the crime and demanding Indian Rs 2.58 crore as ransom, the Press Trust of India reported.
Chennai Police coordinated with Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard), London, and Serious Organised Crime Agency, United Kingdom, state and central intelligence agencies and rescued the couple from an SUV bound for a house at Mandarakuppam in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu last night.
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| Annual Overview News providers decimated in 2012; 88 journalists and 47 citizen-journalists killed |
| 2012-12-20 |
Deadliest year for journalists since Reporters Without Borders began producing its annual roundup in 1995.
This year has been exceptionally deadly, with a 33 per cent rise in the number of journalists killed in connection with their work over 2011. The worst-hit regions were the Middle East and Northern Africa (with 26 killed), Asia (24 killed) and sub-Saharan Africa (21 killed). Only the western hemisphere registered a fall in the number of journalists killed.
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| Man torches antique shops, takes his own life |
| 2012-12-13 |
A 35-year-old metal polisher committed suicide, in the early hours of yesterday, after setting fire to two antique shops and two hardware stores, adjoining each other, at the D. S. Senanayake Street in Kandy.
Police spokesman SSP Prishantha Jayakody told The Island that the man, Periyanannan Naguleshwaran of Mahakanda, Hindigala, had set ablaze one antique shop due to a personal dispute with its owner. The incident had taken place around 3.30 a.m., he said.
Kandy police sources told The
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| Sri Lanka needs National Media Commission |
| 2012-12-13 |
In the absence of self-regulation by mass media and communication channels there is a need for content analysis by a competent and unbiased team. The scale of lies, fabrication and distortion is not a local experience only. We have come to a stage where people cannot trust international media. Much of the current state of media as a result of the influence that comes from foreign sources and the negative manner in which media have joined hands to partner political campaigns is absent from self-regulation.
Sri Lan
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| A Japanese held for defaming Sri Lanka flag |
| 2012-12-13 |
A Japanese national, Sinsir Kaviseemao, was remanded by the Mt Lavinia police when he tried to post a stock of picture postcards depicting the National Flag of Sri Lanka after giving it a ‘twist’ – changing the Lion symbol into a ‘panda’.
According to Gossiplanka, he ‘redesigned’ the Lion symbol of the flag to a ‘panda’ , standing front of the post office counter at Mt Lavina.
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| Monks attack church in Sri Lanka |
| 2012-12-13 |
A mob of about 1,000 people in southern Sri Lanka, led by Buddhist monks, protested the presence of a church by overpowering police, vandalising property and beating the pastor on 9 December, Christian sources have said.
According to a story by Morning Star News, the Buddhist monks had given a day's notice for the church to close down.
About 80 monks led the multitude as they stormed the Jeevanalokaya Sabhawa church in the Weeraketiya area of Southern Province's Hambantota distr
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| US urges Sri Lanka to uphold the rule of law and democratic governance |
| 2012-12-09 |
The United States says that it is deeply concerned about the actions surrounding the ongoing impeachment trial against the Chief Justice.
Issuing a media release, US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mark C. Toner noted that the US government urges the Sri Lankan Government to guarantee due process and ensure that all investigations are conducted transparently in accordance with the rule of law.
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| Scottish Police ‘rescue’ 3 Lankans from fishing vessels |
| 2012-12-08 |
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Three Sri Lankans were amongst seamen ‘rescued’ from their employers by officers of Dumfries and Galloway Police Station in Scotland. Lasantha Wellalage (24), Gayan Geewantha (28) and Damith Nayana (29) were taken away from the fishing vessels they were working last week to safety. The vessels were docked in the Port of Silloth, Cumbria, Scotland at the time of the ‘rescue’. According to the Police, these men were not arrested but were given the opportunity to leave the vessels to escape the harsh working con
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| Bills on contempt of court, prison administration coming next year |
| 2012-12-08 |
The Justice Ministry will introduce several new Bills next year including a law relating to contempt of court and one on prison administration.
The Contempt of Court law is to be presented to the Cabinet shortly by Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem.
“We notice that there is a disparity when judges given contempt of court orders. The Law Commission has proposed a new Contempt of Court Act and I proposed to present it to the Cabinet very soon so that the disparity can be set aside and we can have a prop
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