Human rights defender Balendran Jeyakumari has been released on bail by the Colombo Magistrate Court a short while ago. When she was granted bail, the Magistrate had imposed strict conditions, which included a ban on […]
Sinhala version of No Fire Zone to be launched today at UK Parliament From Shamindra Ferdinando in London A new campaign meant to pressure Sri Lanka over accountability issues will get underway today (March 10) […]
By Ananth Palakidnar The Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK) leader and the General Secretary of the Tamil National Alliance Mavai S. Senathiraja while criticizing the burning of the effigies of TNA Parliamentarians Sumanthiran and Sampanthan […]
The British School in Colombo has been accused of engaging in unethical educational practices by trying to force some students to sit for their International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) examination as private candidates […]
Following is the Op-ed piece by British Prime Minister David Cameron exclusively for the Daily Mirror on his scheduled meeting with visiting President Maithripala Sirisena today. Prime Minister David Cameron article for Daily Mirror: Ever […]
Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond met in London and discussed the proposed reforms of the new Sri Lankan Government and human rights related issues. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said that Samaraweera […]
India should see Sri Lanka as a whole and stop focussing just on the island’s Tamil-majority Northern Province, Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said in an interview to The Hindu on Monday. The […]
St. Anthony’s Shrine at the Kachchathivu Island celebrated its annual feast of the patron-saint of seafarers last Sunday (march 01) attended by thousands of devotees. The whole event as usual was assisted by the Sri […]
by Dhaneshi Yatawara “The Former Secretary of Defence threatened and criticised me over my training lecture even as I was returning from that lecture in Katana”, recalled former Police spokesman Prashantha Jayakody who recently returned […]
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) India on Monday criticised Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe for justifying the firing on fishermen from India and sought a “permanent solution” to the dragging row. External Affairs Minister […]
From Sandun A Jayasekera in London Forming a national government in Sri Lanka was not an easy task as we aspired because our political culture was such that political parties always attempted to undermine and […]
By Jehan Perera – President Maithripala Sirisena is reported to be seeking to build relations with the Tamil Diaspora while in London to participate in the Commonwealth Day celebrations as chair of the Commonwealth. Along […]
After Saturday’s unsuccessful protest at Heathrow airport against President Maithripala Sirisena, today a few hundred protesters gathered in front of Westminster Abbey, London. Tamil protesters shouted “War Criminal Sirisena”. The Tamil Coordinating Committee and the […]
NEW DELHI: India said Monday it was working with Sri Lanka’s new government to repatriate thousands of ethnic minority Tamils who fled the island during nearly four decades of separatist war. Indian Foreign Secretary S. […]
BY Kavindya Chris Thomas Center for Human Rights and Research (CHR) stated that the Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) has no proper evidence against Balendran Jeyakumari who has been detained for almost one year. Speaking to […]
GTF writes to Secy of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Philip Hammond From Shamindra Ferdinando in London The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has requested the British government to persuade the new Sri Lankan administration […]
Housing and Samurdhi Minister Sajith Premadasa says that the LTTE groups in the West are now protesting against TNA leaders and burning their effigies as TNA has agreed that unitary status of Sri Lanka should […]
Wimal Weerawansa has warned that we are now ‘losing our hard-earned freedom’. In a public rally held in Kandy on Friday to campaign for the prime-ministerial candidacy of Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Rajapaksa confidante asked people […]
