Where are the Commission reports?
The Government has spent as much as Rs.270 million on 17 Presidential Commissions appointed between 2005 and 2013, but the reports of most of them […]
Israeli soldiers to rape and kill the girls in Gaza?
Israeli media has pointed out that Israel should adopt the Sri Lankan experience to wage war in the Gaza strip and avoid negotiation with whom […]
Mahinda appoints two more puppets from India and Pakistan to cover up the War Crime
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed two more international experts to the international panel of experts advising the Presidential Commission to Investigate into Complaints Regarding Missing […]
BJP told to explain Mahinda’s pet Swamy in Lanka
The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President B S Gnanadesikan on Tuesday asked the Centre to clarify in what capacity did BJP leader Subramanian Swamy visited […]
Mahinda Rajapaksha says NO to devolve powers to Tamils.
The Indian Government had over the weekend said it wants to see police powers devolved to the Tamil provinces in Sri Lanka according to the […]
Minister Mervyn Says Monk Gnanasara Thera Wears Saffron Robe To Earn Money
Minister of Public Relations and Public Affairs Mervyn Silva has vehemently criticized the Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera saying the latter is […]
UN expert Rita Izsak wants unlawful Sri Lanka deportations to end
(WNN/UNNC) United Nations Geneva, SWITZERLAND, WESTERN EUROPE: United Nations human rights experts have expressed their grave concern over the detentions and forced deportations of Pakistani […]
TNA asks UN to probe atrocities under SLFP, UNP govts since 1974
By Shamindra Ferdinando The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has urged the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to expand its ongoing inquiry to investigate […]
Sri Lanka refuses entry to UN war crimes investigators
Sri Lanka will not grant visas to UN investigators probing war crimes allegedly committed during the island’s decades-long separatist conflict, President Mahinda Rajapakse said Tuesday. […]
There is no systematic process of consultation in North and East
By Rajiva Wijesinha – A Presidency Under Threat – Political and Administrative Units An opposition member noted that recently there had been much speculation in the corridors […]
BBS raps Mervyn
Minister Mervyn Silva should correct himself first before making allegations against others, the General Secretary of Bodu Bala Sena Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera said today.“We […]
Medication is confiscated from newly arrived asylum seekers!
The email below is from Professor Louise Newman AM, via GetUp. Dear …………., Over the past few months we’ve heard the shameful stories coming out of the […]
Vadamaraadchi East villagers capture SL Navy trooper for rape attempt
The villagers of Vinaayakapuram at Vettilaik-kea’ni of Vadamaraadchi East in Jaffna captured a Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) sailor, who had entered into the house of […]
Tamil woman under SL military training dies in Jaffna
A 26-year-old Tamil woman from Mullaiththeevu, who was conscripted by the occupying SL military was admitted to Jaffna Teaching Hospital this week and died at […]
‘Sanction clauses’ for Lanka’s deals with European agencies
European export credit agencies have begun imposing “sanction clauses” into draft agreements with Sri Lanka in anticipation of international economic, trade and financial sanctions or […]
UN committee questions government
The UN Human Rights Committee which is scheduled to convene in October, has questioned the Sri Lankan Government on several issues including on the progress […]
Lanka signs US$ 760,000 lobby deal
The Sri Lankan Government has signed a new US$ 760,000 deal with Liberty International Group LLC of the USA to promote the island in the […]
Do or die in the next three years
By Nadini Perera Ceylon FT: The country must establish rule of law and create an environment for attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in a ‘do […]
Weary Of Domestic Mechanisms – Rayappu Joseph
Mannar Bishop, Rayappu Joseph, recently submitting a letter to the Presidential Commission for Missing Persons, said that he was growing weary of the domestic mechanism […]
India For A Political Solution Within A United Sri Lanka – Y. K. Sinha
As India celebrated its independence anniversary last week, the Indian High Commissioner to Colombo Y. K. Sinha noted that India remains committed to assist Sri […]