Calls to ban Sri Lanka from event to remember start of war
THE Coalition Government is under pressure to prevent Sri Lanka attending a Commonwealth event in Glasgow designed to…
US envoy meets TNA
The US Ambassador to Colombo Michele J. Sison has had discussions with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) regarding…
UN Special Rapporteur wants to visit Sri Lanka
The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns has said he wants…
Petition against land acquisition filed in Appeal Court
– සිංහල – Over a thousand Tamils of the Northern Peninsula filed a petition, to the Appeal…
Colombo District Court declares Ambassador could be sued
A major diplomatic dispute is in the offing with the District Court of Colombo ruling that…
Australia passes controversial immigration law amendment
Australian senate adopted a controversial amendment to the ‘Migration Act’, allowing people who arrive by boat to be…
Assault on dissent thrives in Sri Lanka: Amnesty International writes to the 23rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (27 May – 14 June 2013)
Four years have passed since the end of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka, but Sri Lankan authorities continue to…
Hype runs out as economy struggles
After crushing Tamil rebels four years ago Sri Lanka expected to become South Asia’s tiger economy, but exuberance…
Protests in Colombo over electricity tariff
– සිංහල – Two protests took place in Colombo yesterday with one demanding the abolishing of the increased…
BASL appoints Committee to ensure justice
– සිංහල – The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has appointed a ‘Standing Committee on the…