EU Considers Lifting Sri Lanka’s Fish Import Ban
The European Commission has offered Sri Lanka assistance to meet regulatory requirements to enable early lifting of a ban on…
UN is trying to verify how Sri Lanka will cooperate: UN spokesman
Stéphane Dujarric Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on 29 January 2015 answering a question about Sri Lanka’s intention to launch a domestic…
Government plans fresh probe
Sri Lanka is planning an investigation into accusations of human rights abuses in the final stages of a 26-year civil…
UK MPs call for Sri Lanka to co-operate with UN inquiry or face sanctions
A number of British MPs, speaking at the House of Commons debate ‘Tamils in Sri Lanka’ on 28 January 2015 highlighted…
CM asks PM to defer repatriation of refugees
Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Wednesday urged PM Narendra Modi to defer the inter-ministerial meeting in New Delhi on Friday…
Biswal to visit Sri Lanka
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal is to visit Sri Lanka from 31 January – 02…
Hugo Swire to visit Sri Lanka
The British High Commission in Sri Lanka said, Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire is to pay a second visit to…
President Obama says India could play a “positive” role in the region from Burma to Sri Lanka
The US president, Barack Obama, speaking at the Siri Fort Auditorium New Delhi, on 27 January 2015, said India could play a…