Attack on SL mission:
India assures action against perpetrators
Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna has
assured Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama that immediate steps have
been taken to strengthen security at the Sri Lankan High Commission in
New Delhi, which came under attack by a group of protesters on Friday.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, accompanied by Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Sarath Fonseka, Army Commander, Lt. Gen. Jagath Jayasuriya and other senior military officials, walk past an anti-aircraft gun captured from the LTTE, during the exhibition which opened at the BMICH yesterday as part of the army’s 60th anniversary celebrations.(Pic by Kamal Wanniarachchi)
Ranil dons the gloves
Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, believed by many
analysts as looking for a bash at the presidency in elections expected
early next year last Sunday made an aggressive speech at the open air
theatre at the Vihara...
Wife of jailed Sri Lankan
reporter accepts Peter Mackler Award
J. S. Tissainayagam, a Tamil reporter and editor serving a 20-year prison
sentence in Sri Lanka, was awarded the first Peter Mackler Award for
Courageous and Ethical Journalism on Friday.
