The Sri Lankan air force is looking to further expand its fleet and purchase a new batch of Russian military helicopters, according to reports on Sunday.
The results of radiocarbon dating tests on skeletal remains excavated from the mass grave in Mannar are expected to be released on Thursday, Sri Lanka's Judicial Medical Officer, Dr Saminda Rajapaksha said.
Sri Lankan soldiers patrolled in Batticaloa on Sunday, provoking concerns among locals who say that the district has already been under a climate of fear for months.
<p>A Sri Lankan soldier was arrested with cannabis in Vavuniya on Friday morning according to Vavuniya police.</p>
<p>The soldier was arrested when police stopped and searched a Jaffna to Colombo-bound bus at Nochchimoddai bridge in Vavuniya.</p>
<p>He was allegedly in possession of 200 grammes of cannabis, and was taken into custody to be produced before the Vavuniya magistrates court pending further investigation.</p>
Sri Lankan army soldiers threatened a Tamil journalist in Mullaitivu, who was researching a story on the military's excessive use of water in the area.
The former chief minister of the Northern Province, C V Wigneswaran yesterday criticised any decision to grant Sri Lanka more time to implement the co-sponsored UNHRC resolution 30/1, arguing that nothing has been gained by extra time given so far.
Sri Lankan army uniforms, army helmets and live rifle bullets were amongst the items seized by police during a raid on the house of an underworld drug kingpin accomplice this week.
The Sri Lankan military has manufactured its own multi-barrel rocket launchers (MBRLs), a weapon that the army used to devastating effect in a military offensive that slaughtered tens of thousands of Tamil civilians almost a decade ago.
<p>International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials are to visit Sri Lanka on February 15 to discuss granting the fifth tranche of the US$ 1.5 billion loan. </p>
<p>The granting of the tranche was postponed last year following weeks of political crisis after the president sacked the prime minister and dissolved parliament. </p>
<p>The IMD disbursed US $1 billion of the $ 1.5 billion three year EFF loan that was agreed in 2016. </p>
Senior US policy figure Samantha power will be speaking at an event in Colombo later this month marking “30 years in parliamentary politics” for Sri Lanka’s current media minister Mangala Samaraweera.
The force commander of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali praised the “discipline” of Sri Lankan peacekeepers this week, as he met with Sri Lankan military officials in Colombo.
The Sri Lankan army has been accused of selling cigarettes to underage students at a canteen it runs on occupied land in Mullaitivu.
Residents of Puthukudiyiruppu said the army canteen, named ‘Kamuko Café’, had been selling cigarettes to local students, despite it being illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21.
