Sri Lanka website LankaeNews is suspended »
8 April 2011 Last updated at 07:33 ET Share this pageEmailPrint A magistrate’s court in Sri Lanka has suspended the operation of the pro-opposition LankaeNews website. The court ordered the closure because a contempt case was still pending against journalist Shantha Wijesooriya, who has been remanded in custody until 12 May. The case relates to [...]
Darshan of Sai Baba to stop at 6 p.m. on Tuesday »
Devotees of Sri Sathya Sai Baba can have darshan of the mortal remains of the spiritual guru and pay their respects at the Sai Kulwant Hall in Prasanthi Nilayam only till 6 p.m., on Tuesday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi will arrive at Puttaparthi at 4.45 p.m. on Tuesday to pay [...]
Scientists Search for the Lost City of Atlantis »
FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty. Today, we tell about efforts to find the lost city of Atlantis. We tell about new evidence that human beings began to influence Earth’s climate eight thousand years ago. And we tell about a [...]
Sathya Sai Baba passes away, millions in grief »
Puttaparthi (Andhra Pradesh), April 24 (IANS) Sathya Sai Baba, one of India’s most revered spiritual leaders, died here Sunday after prolonged illness, plunging millions of his followers across the world into gloom. He was 85. Sai Baba, whom many worshipped as god despite attacks from critics, breathed his last at the Sathya Sai Super-speciality hospital, [...]
UN Secretariat warned us of report leak: Lankan envoy »
The Sri Lankan government was warned by UN about the possibility of leakage of its report, which accuses Lanka of committing war crimes during the final offensive against LTTE, a top official has said. “The UN Secretariat told the government that it was concerned that the report might be leaked because everything leaks from the [...]
Govt ‘responsble’ to probe Lasantha murder »
CPJ says attacks on Namal Perera and Upali Tennakoon should also be investigated The responsibility of investigating the assassination of Sunday Leader editor lies with the Sri Lanka government, says an international media watchdog. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) told BBC Sinhala service, Sandeshaya that the government should also investigate attacks on Namal Perera and [...]
2010 Human Rights Report: Sri Lanka »
BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices April 8, 2011 Sri Lanka is a constitutional, multiparty republic with a population estimated at 21 million. President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was reelected to a second six-year term in January, and the parliament, which was elected in April, share constitutional power. [...]
UK ‘linked’ Fonseka to Lasantha killing »
‘When finally I am killed, it will be the government that kills me’ The Sri Lanka government says it was told by British officials that they had evidence to suggest former military chief Sarath Fonseka was involved in the assassination of the editor of Sunday Leader. Lasantha Wickrametunga was shot dead in Colombo on 08 [...]
Indians now poaching off northwestern coast »
By Chris Kamalendran As India played Sri Lanka in the Cricket World Cup final last night, there were different Indo-Lanka issues for the fishing community of Sri Lanka to contend with. The Sri Lanka Navy has stepped up patrolling in the northwestern coast along the Negombo-Kalpitiya belt following reports that Indian fishermen were now poaching [...]
