President Mahinda Rajapaksa has directed special police teams assisted by the army to tackle the potent threat posed by underworld criminal gangs and drug dealers who have become a menace to society and peace-loving people, police officials said.With the crackdown taking off the ground, many underworld kingpins and notorious criminal and extortion gang leaders are believed to have gone underground, the sources said.The President had warned that he will not tolerate any political interference to stall the ongoing operations against these...
‘APRC process continuing’–
Prof. Vitarana
Contrary to rumours that that the APRC is ‘defunct’ in
the wake of the government convening an All-Party Committee on
Development and Reconciliation, the APRC process is well on track and
this mechanism ...
Parents need not clamour
for ‘big’ schools - Minister
Education Minister Susil Premajayanth yesterday
expressed confidence that with the implementation of the proposed
reforms to the education system, there will be no need for parents to
clamour for national schools to admit...
