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Parties criticize IGP

Political party representatives criticized IGP Mahinda Balasuriya in front of Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake today, for the police’s failure to remove all unlawful cut-outs, posters and banners.

[General] Election related violence continuing

A total of 122 election related incidents of violence have been reported to the Police to date, DIG (Elections) Gamini Navaratna said. ...
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[General] Danuna’s grandmother gets bail

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today released Danuna Tillekaratne’s grandmother on a cash bail of Rs3000 after she was arrested by the CID late last night for allegedly providing accommodation to Danuna last month....
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[General] Sri Lankan house maid arrested in Dubai

A Sri Lankan house maid was arrested in Dubai. She was arrested due to the accusation of stealing about two million and 47 thousand dinar worth of jewels. In view of her arrest, a close colleague of the woman too was arrested. ...
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[General] Basil unhappy with Thilanga

Prime Ministerial hopeful of the governing party, Basil Rajapaksa is unhappy with Thilanga Sumathipala after hearing that Thilanga had invited Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanyake as chief guest to his inaugural meeting held in Borella, sources from the SLFP headquarters said....
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[General] 93,823 IDPs to be resettled in Sri Lanka

The total number of IDPs to be resettled is 93,823 while a total of 182,946 have been resettled or released on humanitarian grounds as at March 10, 2010, stated the Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Mahinda Samarasinghe today ....
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[General] Former CJ On Arrest And Detention Of The General

Former Chief Justice Sarath N Silva states that whatever perspective, the arrest of General Sarath Fonseka runs contrary to all accepted norms of the law as we know it. From the hallowed Constitution to the Universal Declaration, the ICCPR, the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, the Army Act or the CDS Act, the entire gamut of the law does not extend a reason adequate for the arrest and detention of General Sarath Fonseka who is now a candidate nominated for the Parliamentary Elections. ...
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[General] Fire destroys cinema hall in Jaffna

A fire broke out in a famous cinema hall ‘Nimalendra’ in Upuppiddi, Velvettithurai Jaffna last night, Police said. ...
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[General] Foreign counters present at polls

Elections Chief Dayananda Dissanayaka will allow international monitors to be present in all counting centers at the upcoming polls after the main opposition UNP made a request to the Commissioner to ensure that the accurate results are released, the UNP said. ...
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[General] Less than 10 candidates have revealed their property details - Rohana Hettiarachchi

Paffrel movement Executive Director Rohana Hettiarachchi had informed, that less than 10 candidates have revealed their property details. Even though totally 7620 candidates are contesting in the forthcoming parliament election, less than 10 candidates had revealed their property details....
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Election related violence continuing

A total of 122 election related incidents of violence have been reported to the Police to date, DIG (Elections) Gamini Navaratna said.

Parties criticize IGP

Political party representatives criticized IGP Mahinda Balasuriya in front of Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake today, for the police’s failure to remove all unlawful cut-outs, posters and banners.

Danuna’s grandmother gets bail

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today released Danuna Tillekaratne’s grandmother on a cash bail of Rs3000 after she was arrested by the CID late last night for allegedly providing accommodation to Danuna last month.

Sri Lankan house maid arrested in Dubai

A Sri Lankan house maid was arrested in Dubai. She was arrested due to the accusation of stealing about two million and 47 thousand dinar worth of jewels. In view of her arrest, a close colleague of the woman too was arrested.

Basil unhappy with Thilanga

Prime Ministerial hopeful of the governing party, Basil Rajapaksa is unhappy with Thilanga Sumathipala after hearing that Thilanga had invited Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanyake as chief guest to his inaugural meeting held in Borella, sources from the SLFP headquarters said.

93,823 IDPs to be resettled in Sri Lanka

The total number of IDPs to be resettled is 93,823 while a total of 182,946 have been resettled or released on humanitarian grounds as at March 10, 2010, stated the Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Mahinda Samarasinghe today .

Former CJ On Arrest And Detention Of The General

Former Chief Justice Sarath N Silva states that whatever perspective, the arrest of General Sarath Fonseka runs contrary to all accepted norms of the law as we know it. From the hallowed Constitution to the Universal Declaration, the ICCPR, the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, the Army Act or the CDS Act, the entire gamut of the law does not extend a reason adequate for the arrest and detention of General Sarath Fonseka who is now a candidate nominated for the Parliamentary Elections.

Fire destroys cinema hall in Jaffna

A fire broke out in a famous cinema hall ‘Nimalendra’ in Upuppiddi, Velvettithurai Jaffna last night, Police said.

Foreign counters present at polls

Elections Chief Dayananda Dissanayaka will allow international monitors to be present in all counting centers at the upcoming polls after the main opposition UNP made a request to the Commissioner to ensure that the accurate results are released, the UNP said.

Less than 10 candidates have revealed their property details - Rohana Hettiarachchi

Paffrel movement Executive Director Rohana Hettiarachchi had informed, that less than 10 candidates have revealed their property details. Even though totally 7620 candidates are contesting in the forthcoming parliament election, less than 10 candidates had revealed their property details.
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