The Sri Lanka Army Friday said it was baffled by allegations against the military and vowed to battle the "malicious propaganda network".
Army Commander Lt Gen Jagath Jayasuriya said the military had been facing "unfounded allegations" since it crushed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May 2009, reports Xinhua.

Since the end of the war against Tamil Tigers, interested parties were making a barrage of criticism against Sri Lankan troops, "based on a rash of unfounded allegations, malic

By travelling in a 5 Sri motor vehicle the UNP Member of Parliament Sujeewa Serasinghe had complained that he had been deprived of a MP’s privileges. As he was stopped and his vehicle was subject to check which he had complained to a Senior Superintendent of Police..

Two traffic policemen from the Nittambuwa police had been stationed on duty on the 12 (th) night for duty near the Attangalla  ‘Pollathtu bath kade’. The vehicle a 5 Sri Series Volkswagen model had been coming from the Colombo side. The vehi

In the Cabinet subcommittee meeting it had been had confirmed that the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama organisation has absolutely no legal powers to issue Halal certificates

The committee of course had approved that the Muslims are allowed to consume food with the halal label. It is learnt that legally it had been passed to issue the Halal certificate in the year 2007 But this approval had been disapproved in the year 2008.It is now reliably learnt that this certificate has to be issued under the approval of the Muslim religious

Students’ unions and five faculty unions at the Sabaragamuwa University have been banned from last night, a Sabaragamuwa University official said a short while ago.

He said the decision was prompted by the illegal activities of student-union activists’ threatening the safety of the university.

However, Sabaragamuwa university student union representative Haritha Prabath speaking to Daily Mirror dismissed the allegation and said they had not engaged in any illegal activity. He said the reason for the ban

 The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has decided to propose to the government that it introduce a mechanism to utilize the services of Sri Lankan consultants between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. in private hospitals if they have earned leave. Generally, more than 90 per cent of the doctors, attached to government hospitals, had been seeing patients in private hospitals after normal working hours.

The GMOA was of the view that the doctors who had earned leave could be released to the private sector hospita

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has urged Japan to resolve the dispute with China over the islets in the East China Sea through dialogue.

China is locked in a sovereignty dispute with Japan over the Japan-held Senkaku islets in the East China Sea.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called Beijing’s increased maritime incursions a “concern common to the region,” a Japanese official was qouted by Japan Times as saying.

The Sri Lankan army on Friday said that it is baffled by the allegations raised in Geneva against the military, and said that the troops would be on alert to the "malicious propaganda network" against the army.

Sri Lankan Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said since the culmination of the civil war against Tamil Tiger rebels, various interested parties have been making a barrage of criticism against the troops, based on a rash of unfounded allegations, malice and ulterior motives.

Private bus operatots yesterday claimed that Private Transport Minister C. B. Ratnayaka had broken the promise to ditch the semi-luxury bus service.

Lanka Private Bus Owners Association (LPBOA) President Gemunu Wijeratne said that Minister Ratnayaka had told a media conference that he would cancel the semi-luxury services with immediate effect, but, until now, no such action had been taken. He accused the Minister of being a downright liar.

Tamil political parties in the North and East should shed their differences and come together to resolve the problems of the Tamil people, the son of the late Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) Leader, Appapillai Amirthalingam, Dr. A. Bahirathan emphasized.
Dr. Bahirathan who is on a visit to Jaffna from London, was attending the opening ceremony of a library at the TULF office on Tuesday.

Amid uproar in Parliament, the Centre summoned the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner to South Block and demanded speedy release of 53 Indian fishermen arrested by the island Navy. (Nineteen were arrested on Wednesday and the rest on Thursday)

With irate parliamentarians from Tamil Nadu attacking the government for its feeble response, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and his deputy Preneet Kaur made statements in either House promising a lasting solution.