The only way preventing the country getting divided is from a federal system – TNA
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said that what is expected from a new constitution is only about how the power of the government is devolved. […]
Day: January 27, 2016
Opposition questions contradictory comments on war crimes probe
Opposition questions contradictory comments on war crimes probe The opposition today questioned the contradictory comments being made by the Government on the war crimes investigation. Joint opposition […]
Danish parliament tightens rules on asylum seekers.
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) — The Danish Parliament on Tuesday passed a controversial bill that tightens rules on asylum applications and empowers the authorities to […]
Government to brief Parliament on alleged offshore accounts of MR
The Government today said it will brief Parliament on the alleged offshore accounts of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella said that […]
Last Opportunity To Defeat Extremist Forces: Friday Forum
“This may be a last opportunity to defeat divisive and extremist forces in different parts of our country, and work towards a just society and […]
Sri Lanka: New Government Makes Significant Progress?
(New York) – Sri Lanka’s government, elected in January 2015, ended the pervasive culture of surveillance and censorship and embarked on reforms aimed to undo […]
Lanka Missing Persons Panel Seeks An Year’s Extension
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan Missing Persons’ Commission headed by retired Justice Maxwell Paranagama, has requested the government to extend its term by a year from […]
Six-year-old Tamil boy brutally raped and killed in Sri Lanka by Navy
Six years after the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, Tamil lands, particularly in the north of the island, remain under military occupation. The 26-year […]
UN urged to ensure foreign judges’ participation in war crimes investigation
President’s position on UNHRC resolution By Shamindra Ferdinando Alleging that President Maithripala Sirisena has recently undermined a US-led Geneva Resolution co-sponsored by the Government of […]
Arrest warrant for Lakmal Cooray terror man behind Facebook.
By Ishara Ratnakara The CID yesterday informed the Colombo Chief Magistrate in Court that the mastermind behind the Facebook racket in which lakhs…… of rupees have […]
The agony of Sri Lanka’s carapace of peace
The agony of Sri Lanka’s carapace of peace Six years after the Sri Lankan civil war – @jonsnowc4 visits the site of some of its […]
THE NEW WAVE OF TERROR AND RAJAPAKSHA
Mayhem as monks go on the rampage Pandemonium reigned at the Homagama Magistrate’s Court premises with three Buddhist monks threatening to self-immolate in protest against […]
The 13th Amendment gave the Provincial Councils rights over Land and police
By Kamalika pieris The 13th Amendment gave the Provincial Councils rights over “Land, land tenure, transfer and alienation of land, land use, land settlement and […]