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Human Rights Watch marks 20 years since the Muttur massacre

Human Rights Watch marks 20 years since the Muttur massacre

Human Rights Watch marks 20 years since the Muttur massacre by Thusiyan

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Twenty years after 17 aid workers were executed at their compound in Muttur, no one has been brought to justice, Human Rights Watchs legal and policy director James Ross has written, in a piece marking the anniversary of one of the most notorious atrocities committed by the Sri Lankan state.

Ross, who was in Sri Lanka when the killings took place on 4 August 2006, said that two decades on he "still cannot report that those responsible have been held to account".

The victims were the local staff of the Paris-based non-governmental organisation Action Con

Sri Lanka abstains as UN extends rights chief Türks mandate

Sri Lanka abstains as UN extends rights chief Türks mandate

Sri Lanka abstains as UN extends rights chief Türks mandate by Thusiyan

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Sri Lanka abstained as the UN General Assembly voted to extend Volker Türks term as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, one of only 13 countries out of 167 to decline to take a position on the future of the official who has continued to press Colombo over accountability for wartime atrocities.

The assembly renewed Türks mandate for a second four-year term, from October 2026 through 2030, by 144 votes to 10, with the extension proposed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The United States, Russia and Israel were among the ten states that voted a

இலங்கை ஈஸ்டர் தாக்குதல் வழக்கில் இரு முன்னாள் அதிகாரிகளுக்கு மரண தண்டனை - முழு விவரம்

இலங்கை ஈஸ்டர் தாக்குதல் வழக்கில் இரு முன்னாள் அதிகாரிகளுக்கு மரண தண்டனை - முழு விவரம்

இலங்கையின் முன்னாள் போலீஸ் மாஅதிபர் பூஜித் ஜயசுந்தர மற்றும் முன்னாள் பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சின் செயலாளர் ஹேமசிறி பெர்னாண்டோவுக்கு மரண தண்டனை விதித்து, கொழும்பு மூவரடங்கிய விசேட மேல் நீதிமன்றம் தீர்ப்பு வழங்கியுள்ளது.

Yuvraj and Kalra granted bail over alleged LPL match-fixing proposal

Yuvraj and Kalra granted bail over alleged LPL match-fixing proposal

Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama today (31) ordered the release on bail of two suspects, including the Indian owner of the Jaffna Kings franchise, who had been remanded after being arrested over allegations of proposing to fix matches in the Lanka Premier League (LPL) for financial gain.

The suspects released on bail are Indian national Manjot Kalra and Yuvraj Pushpa, who is alleged to have aided and abetted the offence.

After prison officials produced the suspects before court, the Chief Magistrate ordered their release on two personal bail bonds of Rs. 500,000 each and a cash bail of Rs. 50,000 each.

The Magistrate also imposed an overseas travel ban on the suspects and ordered them to report every Monday to the Special Investigation Unit for the Prevention of Sports-related Offences.

Former police chief and defence secretary sentenced to death over Easter Sunday attacks

Former police chief and defence secretary sentenced to death over Easter Sunday attacks

Former police chief and defence secretary sentenced to death over Easter Sunday attacks by Thusiyan

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Sri Lankas former inspector general of police, Pujith Jayasundara, and former defence secretary, Hemasiri Fernando, have been sentenced to death over their failure to act on intelligence warnings ahead of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, in one of the most significant judicial reckonings to arise from the attacks that killed more than 260 people.

The Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar delivered the two verdicts on Friday by a majority decision. Judges Priyantha Liyanage and Thilakaratne Bandara found each man guilty on 854 of the

Chinas departing ambassador hails everlasting friendship as he leaves Sri Lanka

Chinas departing ambassador hails everlasting friendship as he leaves Sri Lanka

Chinas departing ambassador hails everlasting friendship as he leaves Sri Lanka by Thusiyan

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Chinas ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, is leaving the island after nearly six years, marking his departure with an effusive farewell hailing an "everlasting friendship" between the two countries, in a tenure that saw Beijing deepen its economic and strategic grip on the island even as the scale of Colombos debt to China, and Beijings role in shielding it from accountability, drew mounting scrutiny.

In a lengthy valedictory message, Qi cast the relationship in a succession of Sri Lankan metaphors, likening it to the Sacred Bodhi Tree, C

Former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando sentenced to death

Former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando sentenced to death

Former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando was sentenced to death by a majority decision of a permanent three-judge bench of the Colombo High Court after being found guilty of failing to prevent the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks despite receiving prior intelligence, dereliction of duty, and aiding and abetting murder.

The case was heard today (31) before the three-judge High Court bench comprising Priyantha Liyanage, Viraj Weerasuriya and Thilakaratne Bandara.

Delivering the majority verdict, Judges Priyantha Liyanage and Thilakaratne Bandara found Fernando guilty on 854 of the 855 charges brought against him by the prosecution.

“On the evening before the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, the then Director of the State Intelligence Service, Nilantha Jayawardena, informed the accused of the attacks that were due to take place the following day.

However, as Defence Secretary, the accused took no action whatsoever to prevent them.

புதுக்கோட்டை: ஆதிதிராவிட மக்களின் வழிபாட்டு உரிமை தொடர்பாக எழுந்த மோதல் - போலீஸ் குவிப்பு

புதுக்கோட்டை: ஆதிதிராவிட மக்களின் வழிபாட்டு உரிமை தொடர்பாக எழுந்த மோதல் - போலீஸ் குவிப்பு

புதுக்கோட்டை மாவட்டம் கந்தர்வகோட்டை மூங்கில் அய்யனார் கோயில் திருவிழாவில், நீதிமன்ற உத்தரவுப்படி ஆதிதிராவிட மக்களுக்கு மண்டகப்படி வழங்க மறுத்த காரணத்தால் இரு தரப்பினரிடையே மோதல் ஏற்பட்டது. அதைத் தொடர்ந்து திருவிழா நிறுத்தப்பட்டு, ஆயிரக்கணக்கான போலீசார் பாதுகாப்புப் பணியில் ஈடுபடுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளனர். நிலவரம் என்ன?

Central Bank issues special notice to Nation Lanka Finance depositors

Central Bank issues special notice to Nation Lanka Finance depositors

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has announced that compensation payments to insured depositors of Nation Lanka Finance PLC will commence tomorrow (1).

Accordingly, the compensation payments will be made through selected branches of the People’s Bank.

The process has been initiated following the cancellation of the finance business licence of Nation Lanka Finance PLC.

Meanwhile, the Central Bank stated that eligible depositors under the Sri Lanka Deposit Insurance Scheme will be entitled to compensation of up to a maximum of Rs. 1.1 million, based on the total value of their insured deposits.

The compensation will be paid by crediting the funds to existing People’s Bank accounts, through newly opened accounts, or by cash payments over the counter.

The Central Bank revoked the finance business licence issued to Nation Lanka Finance PLC with effect from 3 July 2026 under Section 66(2) of the Banking (Special Provisions) Act,