Former army Chief and opposition Presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka and his media secretary Senaka de Silva were arrested by the military police yesterday, opposition Member of Parliament Mano Ganeshan told Daily Mirror online.
Posted on 09 February 2010.
Former army Chief and opposition Presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka and his media secretary Senaka de Silva were arrested by the military police yesterday, opposition Member of Parliament Mano Ganeshan told Daily Mirror online.
Posted on 09 February 2010.
Auditor General Sembakuttige Swarnajothi said yesterday he was aware of there being no satisfactory auditing mechanism in Sri Lanka’s court system.
Posted on 09 February 2010.
The election authorities say they have received information regarding the 64 marked presidential election ballot papers, which were found in Ratnapura, a member of the committee investigating the incident said yesterday.
Posted on 08 February 2010.
Journalists against suppression staged a protest outside the Fort railway stations today, against the arrest of ‘Lanka’ newspaper editor Chaminda Sirimalwatte and the disappearance of ‘Lanka eNews’ journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda. Picture shows Mrs. Eknaligoda at the protest.
Posted on 08 February 2010.
Parliament is expected to be dissolved at midnight tomorrow and General elections are expected to be held on April 8, a top government Minister told Daily Mirror online on the condition of anonymity.
Posted on 08 February 2010.
Sri Lankan authorities are likely to question several media persons, who were present at a Colombo hotel during defeated opposition presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka’s stay there, over the alleged plot by him to stage a coup and assassinate incumbent Mahinada Rajapaksa.
Posted on 08 February 2010.
The Department of Immigration and Emigration has decided to bring into effect a ruling that will effectively blacklist all foreigners found overstaying their visas, Assistant Controller and Head of the Investigations Unit William Devendra Raja told Daily Mirror online.
Posted on 08 February 2010.
BBC News
Beneath the surface in Jaffna – the cultural capital of Sri Lanka’s Tamils – there is underlying concern and anxiety following last week’s presidential election.President Mahinda Rajapaksa won the election by a huge margin. But he got fewer votes than his rival, retired General Sarath Fonseka, in Tamil-dominated northern and eastern regions, particularly in Jaffna.
