Information that has come to light in the course of the investigation into the disappearance of Prageeth Ekneligoda confirms that former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is directly involved in the murder of MP Nadaraja Raviraj […]
Since the appointment of new regime we are updating more news on what happened to people abducted from the white vans During the Rajapaksa regime people abducted in the white van were taken up to […]
Aug 28, 2015 (LBO) – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair delivering the Lakshman Kadirgamar memorial lecture recently outlined seven principles for a successful reconciliation process. “I think I can identify, based on my experience […]
Agreat opportunity comes, but rarely and it has come to the Tamils now. The North needs the goodwill of the South to resolve its problems. The South cannot eschew the allegiance of the North if […]
ECONOMYNEXT – Opposition Sri Lanka Freedom Party today acknowledged that they risked losing 11 parliamentary seats as it emerged that its lists of candidates for Galle and Matara districts may have been invalid. SLFP’s new […]
by Shamindra Ferdinando Former UPFA MP Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha yesterday said that the anticipated change in US policy towards Sri Lanka was aimed atstrengthening the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe administration. The US policy shift was not at all […]
By Subhashini Gunarathna Former Education Minister AkilaViraj Kariyawasam says “We educated the people about the politics of Rajapaksa. I led a very good election campaign throughout the district to defeat him”. Excerpts: ? Former President […]
By Chris Dharmakirti – The release of the long awaited Paranagama Commission Report, officially known as the Presidential Commission to Investigate into Complaints Regarding Missing Persons that was established in 2013, has now come into […]
The US has decided to back Sri Lanka’s ‘domestic war crimes probe’. It has also undertaken to move a resolution in Geneva next month, calling upon the UNHRC member states to support that mechanism, we […]
By Chaminda Weerawardhana – Ex British Prime Minister and multi-millionaire Tony Blair’s summer holiday in Sri Lanka has been taking place under privileged conditions, with next to no media exposure. A visit that takes place […]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, is expected to visit Sri Lanka ahead of the September session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Government sources said that Al Hussein […]
The United States says it hopes the Sri Lankan Government will accept the need to fully and honestly confront the past. US Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Tom Malinowski tweeted today saying that […]
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) met with the visiting top U.S. officials for discussions on critical issues, before the visiting Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Biswal left the island for India. Members of the TNA […]
