A group of soldiers who had entered into a house at Rock House Garden in Modera had dipped a seven year old child in a water drain near the house to find out the where abouts of the child's father and the house owner in order to arrest him.
TNA parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran said that while four murders, three incidents of rape and three abductions had taken place in Jaffna last month, only one person has been arrested so far.
SIX SENSES RESORTS & SPAS STATEMENT WITH REGARD TO AN ARTICLE ABOUT TOURISM APPEARING ON LANKA NEWSWEB
2011-01-11
We note with concern an article appearing on the above website on the 03rd of January 2011.
This article may confuse readers that the company mentioned therein refers to Six Senses Resorts and Spas Group (SSR) based out of Thailand. We wish to clarify that SSR is not affiliated in any way to the company, Six Sense Dubai, mentioned in this article.
(Mr. T.S. Tirumurti, Joint Secretary(BSM), Ministry of External Affairs, India and Mr. Arvind Kumar, Head(Ports), M/s RITES exchanging an Agreement on the preparation of DPR for the rehabilitation of the Kankesanthurai Harbour in Sri Lanka)
The Ministry of External Affairs of India has today signed an Agreement with RITES Limited for Consultancy Services on the preparation of a Detailed Project Report (DPR) and the conduct of geo-technical Investigations for the rehabilitation of the Kankesanthurai Harbour in Sri Lanka. The cost of preparation of the DPR and geo-technical investigations (approximately SLR 70 million) will be met by the Government of India. The Report will focus on the rehabilitation of the existing breakwater and pier and the construction of one new pier, as well as the provision of ancillary facilities and navigational aids.
