A British woman has died in Sri Lanka
A British woman has died in Sri Lanka – reportedly killed after falling from a train. The Foreign Office has confirmed a British national died in Payagala yesterday but has yet to provide any more […]
Day: 30 March 2015
Prime Minister’s Visit To Jaffna & The 13A
By Sumanasiri Liyanage – Much acclaimed three day visit of the Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, to Jaffna and the Northern Province has, in my opinion, raised a substantial issue with regard to good governance. This visit […]
Sri Lanka seeks UN, India help to evacuate its citizens from Yemen
Sri Lankans who are caught up in the war in Yemen COLOMBO, March 30 (Xinhua) — The Sri Lankan government has sought the help of the UN and India to help evacuate Sri Lankans who […]
Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran boycott Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
The boycott is ostensibly over the military presence in the North. Sri Lanka needs to come out squarely with what happened during the ‘last stages’ of its war against the LTTE. National security an excuse […]
Pakistani female teenagers for sex in Sri Lanka
Lahore Politician Involved In Lankan Racket The Special Investigation Unit of the Immigration and Emigration Department recently succeeded in revealing a full-scale human smuggling racket in which attractive female teenagers were being smuggled into Sri […]
Asylum Seekers: No Place To Call Home
People belonging to religious minorities in Pakistan who had been subjected to violence, inhuman treatments and prosecution based on their religious faith had been increasingly seeking help from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees […]
NEW BAN imposed by the EU on the LTTE as a terrorist organisation – imposed through verdict no: 2015/521 issued on March 26
Deputy Minister Ajith P Perera has said the fresh ban imposed by the EU on the LTTE as a terrorist organisation is a grave blow against the attempts made by top leaders of the Rajapaksa […]
CM Wigneswaran’s de-militarisation, rehabilitation-related concerns are genuine
By N Sathiya Moorthy Pro-LTTE, pro-separatist websites could not have done a greater disservice to the larger Tamil cause just now than projecting Northern Province Chief Minister Justice C V Wigneswaran as our new national […]
HAKEEM BACKS SAMPANTHAN- OPPOSITION LEADER TUSSLE
Sinhala Racist elements say that Sampanthan a Tamil is NOT suitable to hold the position of Opposition leader although the TNA has the highest number of MPs in the Opposition By Lakshmi Jayakody Leader of the […]
‘Lanka needs to improve human and labour rights record’
Top un rights rapporteur in Colombo The European Union delegation which began discussions on reinstating the GSP Plus trade concessions to Sri Lanka has called upon the government to turn commitment to reality in adhering […]
What’s up Mahinda’s sleeve?
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, while he was ensconced in power, thought his predecessor Chandrika Kumaratunga would dree her weird in retirement without troubling him. He did not know her. She bode her time and made a […]
‘The Inside Story Of How Maithri Defeated Mahinda’
By Arjuna Seneviratne – Review of “Revolution of the Era:The Inside story of how Maithri Defeated Mahinda” by Asoka Abeygunarwardana How David slew Goliath or how the opposition managed the impossible despite of itself (The […]
“How Ceylon/Sri Lanka Mishandled the Tamils” in the words of The Great Lee Kuan Yew
A political solution was the only way, one considered fair by the Tamils and the rest of the world. Compiled by Ananth Palakidnar The founding father of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew will be laid to […]
Sri Lanka pledges ‘Political Solution’ in war-torn North after 60 Years.
Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has pledged a “political solution” for the island’s war-torn north, where ethnic minority Tamils have long demanded greater autonomy. Related Stories India’s Modi visits Sri Lanka’s Tamil heartland […]
UK girl finds her SL family after 18 years
Growing up, Poppy Royal’s life was happy and secure. Her parents Cliff, now 68, and Jenny, 58, had adopted her at five weeks old, and never kept a secret of where she actually came from […]
Eight arrested for producing ‘War Crime by Sri Lankan Army’ film
Eight persons including a lawyer were taken into custody by the Borella police under suspicion of producing a defamatory documentary on Sri Lanka Army at a house in Narahenpita. Five individuals among the arrested are […]