A 33 year old man succumbed to gunshot injuries in a shootout with the Police in Minuwangoda this morning, the Police media spokesman SSP Prishantha Jayakody said

The incident had occurred when four armed men had assaulted and attempted to rob two youths pasting posters in the area.

The Police had arrived at the scene during the ensuing commotion when the armed men had opened fire at the Police, and attempted to flee the scene.

An Australian opposition parliamentary delegation visited the north and east of Sri Lanka to look at the post war developments in those areas, an official at the Australian High Commission in Colombo said on Wednesday.

The official told Xinhua that the opposition parliamentary delegation was in the eastern town of Trincomalee on Wednesday for talks with local officials.

Earlier this week the delegation visited the northern town of Jaffna and had talks with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), a key minority Tamil poli

The fate of Rizana Nazeek, languishing in a prison of Saudi Arabia, made headline news during the past few weeks. Based on optimistic utterances of certain ministers, organizations and news reports, I was of the view that Rizana would be freed without being paid any blood money to relevant parties. Minister of Eastern Province and the Deputy leader of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), Nazeer Ahamad who was instrumental in building the SLMC headquarters with generous donations provided by Saudi government was one of those who had expresse

While challenges are an essential part of governance and indeed of life, the government is always ready to share its thoughts and plans with the public, because the support of the people is the ultimate strength of the government, Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs said.


He was speaking at ceremonies to inaugurate a computer laboratory at Wakamulla Vidyalaya, Tangalle, and to donate equipment and books at Kirama Dhammananda Vidyalaya, Mulkirigala, on Monday (28).

 The Student Council of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura yesterday claimed that the university administration, with the approval of its Senate, expelled four undergraduates and suspended the studentship of seven others for three years.

Representative of the Student Council Kimbullewe Ananda thera told The Island that four final-year undergraduates of the Management and Arts Faculties had been expelled just two days prior to their graduation.

Army Commander Jagath Jayasuriya said there was a high demand for Sri Lanka Army courses offered to foreign servicemen.
 
“The demand has risen now that the war has ended. We offer four such courses for foreign servicemen,” he said. “The most important part is that we conduct such training courses which have been enriched by personal and practical experiences gained during the war.”
 
The courses are mostly on battlefield tactics and methods along with warfare strategies. Such courses

WASHINGTON — Two US senators on Tuesday renewed calls for an international investigation into potential war crimes in Sri Lanka, accusing Colombo of failing to address legitimate concerns.

Senators Patrick Leahy and Bob Casey, prominent voices on foreign policy in President Barack Obama's Democratic Party, said the island had failed to carry out recommendations from its own Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC).

"The Sri Lankan people deserve better. In fact, as the government of Sri Lan

In July 2008, standing by the Journalists’ Memorial at the Nuseum in Washington DC, US – a museum dedicated to journalism – I cracked an unfortunate joke. Scrutinizing the list of journalists killed the world over and Sri Lanka in particular, I quipped that by 2009, there could be a few more Sri Lankans added.

Those unfortunate words came to haunt on 8 January 2009 when the name of my former editor, Lasantha Wickrematunga was added to the list of the slain.

Wickrematunga’s murder

By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan

In 10 years, by the year 2023, Sri Lanka will no longer be sending women to foreign countries as domestic workers; only skilled workers will be sent overseas for employment, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), Amal Senalankadhikara said in an interview with Ceylon Today.

 Jaffna Bishop Rt. Rev. Thomas Soundaranayagam has told the visiting US state officials, “The people of Sri Lanka are still in fear of disappearances that continue. The Defence Secretary has recently said that there were no disappearances and arrests. However, a large number of people are living in tears since their loved ones have disappeared or arbitrarily taken into custody.”

“The war is still not over. People are still disappearing. There have been many disappearances, abductions and arrests in the l