Addressing a meeting of depositors of Sakvithi Finance at the National Library Auditorium, former parliamentarian, Ven. Akmeemana Dayaratne Thera, said Sakvithi Ranasinghe, is a fraudster who had swindled hundreds of investors of their hard-earned money by blatantly violating rules and regulations pertaining to financial activities. He added the government had in fact been aware of the illegal activities conducted by Sakvithi Ranasinghe but taken no appropriate steps to stop him from cheating the depositors.

The Attorney General’s Department told the Colombo High Court today that steps would be taken through the Justice Ministry to arrest Golden Key Credit Card Company Director of Sicille Kotelawala, who is in hiding since the company collapsed.

Senior State Counsel Damith Totawatte informed High Court Judge Kumudini Wickramasinghe in reply to a question by depositors’ counsel Sumudu Hewage.

In yet another attack, Sri Lankan Navy unleashed fresh attack in mid sea on three fishermen from Pudukkottai district. Fishing nets were torn and the catch was also seized. The injured fishermen are being treated at government hospital in Aranthangi on Monday.

The fishermen identified as A Boomiraj, 29, N Ramar, 30, and N Lakshmanan, 30, from Therku Pudhukudi in Pudukkottai district set out to sea in a fibre boat on Sunday from their coastal village. When the group was fishing,10 nautical miles south off Kottaipattinam coast,

With another Buddhist monk being assaulted in Tamil Nadu yesterday, the government constituent party, the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) yesterday demanded that Sri Lankans should boycott Tamil Nadu until things 'turn better.' "Sri Lankan citizens should boycott Tamil Nadu, and those in Tamil Nadu should not be allowed to come to Sri Lanka until politicians of Tamil Nadu 'comes to their senses,'" Minister Patali Champika Ranawake said. Addressing the media in Colombo, the JHU strongly protested against the att

Sri Lanka today asked India to provide necessary security to Lankan people and property there following continued protests especially in Tamil Nadu.

Karunathilake Amunugama, Lanka's Ministry of External Affairs' Secretary said Colombo has lodged a formal request with the Indian authorities in this connection.
Sri Lanka's concerns arose after two successive attacks against Buddhist monks and a group of pilgrims.

“The Indian media shed no tears for the LTTE or its slain leader Prabhakaran, saying a continuum of blunders lay behind their downfall. Editorials expressed relief at the ‘end of the war,’ but reminded the Sri Lankan government of its responsibility to rehabilitate the Tamils and craft an enduring political solution based on devolution of power. Commentary from India’s leading English and language newspapers follows.” the US Embassy New Delhi (India) informed Washington.

The Colombo Telegraph fou

Surgeons at the Burns Section of the Colombo National Hospital on Saturday performed plastic surgery on North Central Province Ayurvedic Commissioner Dr. Kumara de Alwis.

Doctors had taken a section of skin from the Commissioner’s thigh and grafted it on to his injured shoulder.

Dr. Kumara de Alwis was critically injured on February 22 when two men threw acid at him at his official residence in Anuradhapura. He sustained burn injuries to the upper part of his body including his eyes. The attack was carrie

“As a high-ranking officer of the army, I can say with authority that the persons claimed to be missing are not in the army camps,” Wanni Security Force Commander, Major General Boniface Perera said. “There are no unaccounted persons at all,” he told Vavuniya District media personnel, at Camp Joseph in the Wanni District

“I don’t think a solution could be found by staging demonstrations, carrying banners and blaming the army and the govt. They just need to come to the nearby camps and find o

A top Iranian naval official says Iran’s 24th fleet has warned off an Australian reconnaissance plane as it approached the Sri Lankan coast.

Commander Siavosh Jarreh said on Sunday that the Australian aircraft was approaching the Iranian fleet, which comprised of a helicopter carrier and a destroyer, for imaging.

“Immediately after receiving the warning, the Australian reconnaissance plane changed its flight course, but it began dropping submarine detection devices…all of which was picked up by [o

Sri Lanka’s refusal to move a joint resolution on accountability issues, at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions, has set the stage for a vote on the second US motion, targeting the country, since the conclusion of the conflict in May 2009. The vote will take place on March 21.

The first US resolution was passed in March last year with 24 voting for and with eight abstaining. The UNHRC comprises 47 countries and is divided into five regional groups - African States (13 seats), Asian