On the 25th of October Kumara Seneviratne (48) a businessman from Galle was cut and chopped in broad daylight by two persons riding a motorbike at Dickman Junction whilst hundreds of people watched helplessly. It was reported by the media that the guardians of peace, the Police were engaged in traffic control whilst this gory crime took place. The dead man was the brother of Dushantha Seneviratne the leader of the Opposition of the Galle Municipal Council.

A Sri Lankan man who killed another driver when allegedly drag racing has today been jailed for at least 18 months.

Shyam Jayasinghe, 28, was driving at up to 50 kilometres over the speed limit on the Princes Highway in Dandenong before crashing into a car driven driven by Afghan refugee and father-of-one Hamedjan Hussaini.


Mr Hussaini, 32, had been on his way home from work about 7.45pm and was turning right when Jayasinghe slammed into him.

Seven more skeletal remains were uncovered in the mass-grave located in the Matale Hospital, yesterday morning taking the total to 34 so far. Police Spokesman, SSP Prishantha Jayakody, told Ceylon Today fragments of the human bones found in the mass grave have been given to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), for a forensic study.

Dr. Shanthi Samarasinghe who is attached to the Judicial Medical Office of the Matale District said they hope to end the excavations as soon as possible as most of the bodies have been exhumed and

A stock of illegal fishing equipment has been siezed by the police in a raid carried out in Hambantota.

Our correspondent stated that the raid took place Wednesday night.

Our correspondent added that Thangus nets valued at over Rs. been taken into custody.

The nets are banned in Sri Lanka.

Police in northern Sri Lanka have made a series of arrests which they say are linked to combating terrorism, three years after the separatist Tamil Tigers were defeated.

Up to 25 people are being held, a top official told the BBC. Police are also reportedly hunting several students.

Espousing separatism is illegal in Sri Lanka. Suspects can be held without charge for 18 months.

The detentions come at a time of rising political tensions in the north.

Few years ago, during a very wintery January weekend, at a Copenhagen hotel, I was scrambling to prepare a last minute Power Point presentation for a conference themed, violent conflict and health. The reason was one of the Mullivaaykkaal survivors had agreed to speak at the conference’s public symposium as an eyewitness of Vanni war (witnesses from Iraq and South Sudan also spoke at the symposium). The presentation was meant to aid the witness while speaking at the symposium. I was planning for a very brief video or photographic presenta

There has been a military-police attack on Tamil residents attending commemorative events for their dead in the North. Other similar incidents were reported from Mannar as well. Two catholic priests have received orders prohibiting the celebration of Mass.

Some of the dead that the Tamil people commemorate no doubt may have been the Tigers or the LTTErs, who were perhaps their family members or their kith and kin.

Could a ritual – lighting of oil lamps be a threat to the country’s security? How can such religio

I was dismayed with the revelation that traces or arsenic had been found in a dish of kohila served in the parliament canteen. On further investigation, a bulk of raw stalks of kohila leaves, contaminated with arsenic, also had been found in the canteen kitchen. The presence of this type of toxic poison was not heard, even during the height of terrorist activities, in a place like parliament canteen which the lawmakers of the country and the senior government officials used to patronize. The root cause of this contamination need to be investiga