Erik Solheim, a former peace negotiation envoy to Sri Lanka, discussed the potential need for the EU to ensure that the upcoming presidential elections in Sri Lanka were free and fair, as well as potential […]
( November 2, 2014, New Delhi, Sri Lanka Guardian) Citing a past precedent, India on Friday hoped that the five Indian fishermen sentenced to death by a Sri Lankan court can be saved from the […]
by L.Annadoure ( November 1, 2014, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) In or about June 2014 the Sri Lankan Army has announced that all those who have been either captured by the Army or surrendered […]
| by Pearl Thevanayagam (November 03, 2014, Bradford UK, Sri Lanka Guardian) As both our President and newly elected TNA look longingly at India to come to their rescue, it is time to ponder […]
Mayuri Inoka, the wife of a disappeared husband, Madushka Haris De Silva, was herself abducted on 1 November 2014. According to Mayuri, her abductors threatened her not to engage in any activities calling for the […]
The Tamil National Alliance has today refused the allegation that TNA officials are involving in a scheme to provide fabricated evidence to the OHCHR investigation on Sri Lanka through the distribution and collection of forms. Issuing […]
(Lanka-e-News- 02.Nov.2014, 5.00PM) BTF shares the grief of the Tamil people of Meeriyabedha in Badulla district. 66 apartments in 6 lines of houses have been completely submerged in the landslide that took place between 7:00 […]
The landslide that buried an entire village on Meeriyabedda Estate in Haldamulla, a tea plantation in Sri Lanka’s central hills is a tragic reminder of a marginalized ethnic minority and the failure of the democratic […]
Coalition member of the government, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has expressed its willingness to leave positions in the government to address the needs of the Muslim people in the country. SLMC Leader, Minister […]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa is maintaining a strong stance with regard to the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU),says a senior government minister. The minister added that the President has recently told several ministers that he would not be […]
By M. A. Sumanthiran – You stop people of this country going to meet their very near relatives by placing travel restrictions. Is that not treating the North differently? This is also an attempt to […]
A tense situation has arisen in and around Aluthgama after a private altercation between a Sinhalese and Muslim last evening. Following the altercation, a rumour had been spread to the effect that the Sinhalese person […]
Brawl involving Minister Mervyn’s son at night club by Shamindra Ferdinando Rhythm and Blues night club where Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva’s son Malaka got involved in another brawl on Saturday (Pic by Dharmasena Welipitiya) […]
Malaka Silva is the son of Minister Mervin Silva a close associate of President Rajapaksha. The English take the Mickey out of the Scottish claiming that the Scottish are more of brawn than of brain. […]
Rajapaksa pet project of building airports in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya must be abandoned. Twenty per cent of the country’s land area has been identified as prone to landslides What is critically absent is neither […]
By Lankesh Gooneratne Dr. Sarath Gunapala was the recipient of the most prestigious award from NASA – Outstanding Leadership medal. Ceylon Today interviewed Dr. Gunapala to know more about this prestigious award that he had […]
By Nirmala Kannangara – Pictures by Lalith Perera Following last week’s Haldummulla catastrophe where more than 100 is believed to have buried alive leaving more than 75 children vulnerable and five deaths, accusations have now […]
