Velauthapillai Renukaruban travelled to Jaffna to get married and was beaten and imprisoned on false charges, his family say Velauthapillai Renukaruban was located several days after his arrival in Sri Lanka with injuries consistent with […]
Missing persons: Sharp difference in numbers quoted by govt and Presidential Commission Govt claim even higher than NGO’s Paranagama by Shamindra Ferdinando Retired High Court Judge Maxwell Paranagama, Chairman, Presidential Commission to Investigate Complaints Regarding […]
by Shamindra Ferdinando The UK has offered to position a team of experts in Colombo to work with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) and specialised police including the Financial Crimes […]
Former President did not want to waste his time Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa did not take part in the vote of No Confidence Motion against Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake because it was not worth his […]
Reports of the arbitrary detention and beating of a British Tamil citizen that arrived in Sri Lanka to visit his mother have emerged. Mr Velauthapilai Renugaruban was beaten and forcefully arrested by two men who […]
The Tamil Natioal Alliance (TNA) today reiterated a demand to release Tamils arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). Speaking in Parliament today, TNA leader R. Sampanthan said that the new Government had assured […]
By Manekshaw The huge explosion at one of the major arsenals in the country located at Salawa Army camp in the Kosgama area last Sunday (5) had highlighted the extent of the storage of heavy […]
Opposition and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader Rajavarothayam Sampanthan recently said, the Tamils were a unique race and had historically been living in the country’s North and East. Sampanthan was speaking at the ITAK office premises, […]
Britain’s Permanent Under-Secretary, at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Simon McDonald and Permanent Secretary at the UK Department for International Development, Mark Lowcock yesterday expressed concern over the resettlement process. The two British officials met […]
A US Congress committee on foreign relations has expressed disappointment at President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s decision to reject foreign judges in the domestic accountability process on the war. The views were […]
UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire has had talks with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein and Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha. The talks focused […]
Prior to the arrest of Senior DIG Anura Senanayake over the murder of Thajudeen, a special discussion was held at Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s house with the participation of the lawyers of the Rajapaksas, according to reports. […]
