Sri Lanka Army has sped up the Sinhala colonization process that is being carried out pervasively in the Northern province, resulting in major changes to the social landscape and the culture in the areas. One Sri Lankan […]
An audio clip indicating how Minister Siripala Gamlath is organizing state officials for the UPFA election campaign has been released by the media unit of the JVP. The audio clip is how the Minister organizes […]
The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) had passed a resolution for a new Constitution with enhanced power devolution for merged North and East Provinces within a united Sri Lanka.The resolution was passed at the Fifteenth […]
Prince hails Pillay, advises Sri Lanka The new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, in his opening statement at the 27th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva […]
International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGO) are to add pressure on Sri Lanka during the 27th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) which begins in Geneva today. Some INGOs have already submitted documents on Sri […]
The United States and Britain today urged the Sri Lankan Government to support the probe on the war by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The US Ambassador to the UN […]
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today filed a defamation case against the BJP’s Subramanian Swamy in a court in Chennai for alleging that the boats of Indian fishermen apprehended by Sri Lanka belong to […]
A special meeting over signing an MoU over building low cost housing was held between Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla and Construction Minister Wimal Weerawansa in Colombo today. A letter relating to the signing an […]
BJP ally MDMK will stage a protest here tomorrow pressing for various demands including asking the Centre to allow a UN team to visit the country for its probe into alleged war crimes against Sri Lanka. Party […]
When he addressed the awards ceremony and dinner yesterday on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce hosted by the outgoing chairperson of the Chamber, the highly perceptive and articulate […]
By Camelia Nathaniel The EPDP has reiterated calls for the implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and also urged the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to join the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) on the national […]
By Dr Jehan Perera The Indian government’s invitation to the TNA to meet with its top leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has given it renewed importance. Although the […]
The government completely ruled out the possibility of bilateral talks with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) as requested by the Party, regardless of the recent change in leadership of its main constituent party, the Illankai […]
Govt. To Hit Back By Easwaran Rutnam The Sri Lankan Government is preparing to counter allegations to be raised at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during its 27th regular session which begins tomorrow. Sri […]
New UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, ‘attaches great importance to OHCHR investigation on Sri Lanka’: https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/i-attach-great-importance-to-ohchr-probe-on-sl-new-un-human-rights-chief/ THE ISLAND **COMMENTS CAN BE POSTED** War Crimes probe: Prince al-Hussein to present oral report […]
