Month: January 2015

Maithripala Sirisena, Sri Lanka's new president, has appointed a Tamil judge as the country's chief justice, the first member of the minority community to hold the...

Sri Lanka's new leader Maithripala Sirisena, who defeated former president Mahinda Rajapksa in the January 8 poll, says he wants to reverse the "revenge politics"...

Despite the protests of the Tamil Nadu Government on repatriation of refugees, India and Sri Lanka held an official-level meeting on the issue on Friday....

Sri Lanka’s minority communities, especially the Tamils, must cast aside their reservations and give the newly-elected government of President Maithripala Sirisena a chance to heal...

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) spokesman, Suresh Premachandran said the Tamil people have no trust in a local inquiry process by the Sri Lankan government into atrocities...

The removal of the Sri Lankan military from the Tamil areas is the most important issue at present, the chief minister of the Northern Province,...

Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister Hugo Swire, said that the people of Jaffna still “face many challenges”, following meetings with Northern Province Chief Minister...

The Sri Lankan government pledged Thursday to free hundreds of minority Tamil detainees and return much of the Tamil land in the north and east...

The  Minister of Finance and Planning Ravi Karunanayake, presenting the interim budget  2015 presented in Parliament  offered relief to all as the  government believes in...

The European Commission has offered Sri Lanka assistance to meet regulatory requirements to enable early lifting of a ban on fish imported from Sri Lanka...

Stéphane Dujarric Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on 29 January 2015 answering a question about Sri Lanka's intention to  launch a domestic investigation during the daily Press...

Sri Lanka is planning an investigation into accusations of human rights abuses in the final stages of a 26-year civil war amid international frustration at...