The United Kingdom (UK) raised the accountability and reconciliation issue during talks with Sri Lanka. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the UK Minister of State (Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth) and Prime Minister’s Special Representative […]
In a win for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court has ruled immigrants seeking asylum cannot appeal decisions made earlier in the process in federal court, the One America News Network reported. A 7-2 vote […]
The United Nations (UN) has called for an investigation into child soldier recruitment by former LTTE Eastern Commander Karuna Amman. The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet tweeted saying […]
Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka It was hardly a textbook example of the “correct handling of contradictions” (Mao). Future historians may conclude that the achievable dream of the 21st century as an Asian Age in a multipolar […]
New York) – The Sri Lankan authorities should stop targeting, intimidating, and harassing journalist and woman human rights defender, Dharisha Bastians, and her family. The Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, […]
An officer attached to the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) is currently under interrogation of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Police Media Spokesman said. The officer in question is being investigated over allegations of maintaining […]
The gallantry of the soldiers is held in high esteem by the Sinhala majority community UNP national organiser Navin Dissanayake even called for the appointment of presidential commission to probe his remarks His popularity waned […]
ECONOMYNEXT – The Constitutional Council is calling for the National Police Commission’s (NPC) observations on a letter sent to the Commission by the daughter of slain journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge challenging the appointment of the new […]
Ven Athuraliye Ratana Thera, Gampaha district candidate of Ape Jana Bala Pakshya yesterday said that the US embassy in Sri Lanka called for the procurement process of the Millenium Challenge Corporation agreement through its website. […]
Controversy surrounds the failure on the part of the banking system to detect highly irregular large scale transactions carried out by drug kingpins over a period of time. Recent arrest of two persons, separately, allegedly […]
Prof. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan, who headed a high level government inquiry into the proposed finalisation of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) agreement yesterday (25) told President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that the previous yahapalana administration and the US had signed two […]
Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayaka said in open court that officers of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) had attempted to show photographs of Hejaaz Hizbullah at his chambers prior to the recording of statements from two […]
Two weeks ago we had The Island cartoonist Jeffrey having ex-Prez Sirisena moving stealthily forwards with a sack thrown over his shoulder. He was on a Santa gifting mode proceeding to his father’s adopted home […]
By Kamal Mahendra Weeraratne The Court of Appeal, yesterday (24), enlarged on bail, former Negombo Deputy Mayor Royce Fernando who had been in remand from March 2019 on charges that he had abducted a well-known […]
During the war we dealt very effectively with the various instruments in Geneva relating to Human Rights. There are in effect four separate types of these, and it is important to distinguish between them, to […]
Former minister Mangala Samaraweera says he is impressed by former parliamentarian Harin Fernando and praised the ‘courage of his convictions’. “I am very impressed by Harin F who has the courage of his convictions to […]
There have been many challenges that the world has experienced in the last hundred years. Starting from the great pandemic in the 1920’s, The Vietnam War in the 1970’s and the attack on the WTC […]
By Paneetha Ameresekere Repealing the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) was a commitment made by Sri Lanka to the European Union (EU) in the lead-up to Sri Lanka’s readmission to the Generalised Scheme of Preferences […]
Former United National Party Member of Parliament Harin Fernando said that it was the Archbishop of Colombo who deprived UNP candidate Sajith Premadasa of votes during the last Presidential Election. He made this statement at […]
ECONOMYNEXT- The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) is distancing itself from its former ally Vinayagamoorthy Muraleetharan the LTTE leader better known by his nom-de-guerre Karuna Amman. This is after the former Eastern Commander of the […]
