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Douglas Devananda, 61, is the leader of the Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) and a MP in the Sri Lankan Parliament representing Jaffna. He was a Minister in the Cabinets of President Chandrika Kumaratunga and later Mahinda Rajapaksa. In this interview on the sidelines of his participation in the meetings of the parliamentary delegation from his country in New Delhi, he spoke to Deccan Chronicle on …
Monday, September 17, 2018 11:33 am,
by eyeadmin
From a man who had ceased to be India’s favourite to the reach-out and engagement with New Delhi now, former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has come a long way. There is a growing realisation in India that opposition forces that are gaining ground in their respective countries must be engaged with. The massive win of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s party in the local government polls with a two-thirds of …
Thursday, September 13, 2018 10:02 am,
by eyeadmin
Mr. Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky the United Nations Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, who was in Sri Lanka on a nine-day visit from 3-11 September 2018 issuing a statement said that under the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, ratified by Sri …
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 9:21 am,
by eyeadmin
The 39th session of the Human Rights Council commenced in Geneva today (10 September). In the opening statement by the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet referring to Sri Lanka said that: In Sri Lanka, although the authorities have moved too slowly towards meaningful implementation of the transitional justice agenda, the Office of Missing Persons has now begun consultations and institutional capacity-building to fulfil its …
Monday, September 10, 2018 2:54 pm,
by eyeadmin
The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) released its interim report on 06 September 2018 and called on the Government to “expedite and give highest priority to prosecutions and other ongoing cases involving enforced disappearances.” It recommended that the government suspend state officials including members of the armed forces and police who were named as suspects or accused in criminal actions relating to abductions and enforced disappearances, pending …
Friday, September 7, 2018 11:33 am,
by eyeadmin
India’s southern neighbour Sri Lanka may plunge further into the Chinese debt trap with Colombo yet again turning to Beijing for fresh loans, which will come during the final quarter of 2018. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka is working with its Chinese counterpart, People’s Bank of China, to issue the equivalent of $250 million worth of yuan-denominated Panda bonds, ET has learnt. China is already …
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 1:03 pm,
by eyeadmin
Winston Churchill famously claimed that of all human qualities, courage was the most esteemed, because it guaranteed all others. He was right. Courage—moral courage—is the companion of great leadership. No politician could ever be viewed as exceptional unless he or she had it in spades. And historically there would have been no social progress if not for the presence of specific humans dissenting and breaking from …
Sunday, September 2, 2018 7:57 am,
by eyeadmin
Months into the first stint of my Colombo assignment, I noticed something. My copy sounded distinctly better whenever I quoted Sri Lankan Tamil leader R. Sampanthan. Curious, I started paying closer attention to his comments and speeches. What was it about his words that enhanced my reports? Was it the passionate case he made for the political rights of Tamils? Or his lawyerly tendency to build …
Thursday, August 30, 2018 2:57 pm,
by eyeadmin
Northern Province Chief Minister Canagasabapathy Viswalingam Wigneswaran is a retired Supreme Court judge. Much was expected of CV Wigneswaran when he was first elected chief minister of the Northern Province on behalf of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in September 2013. Sadly those hopes turned into dupes very soon. Wigneswaran adopted a confrontational political approach that left much to be desired. Projecting himself as a Tamil …
Saturday, August 25, 2018 7:19 am,
by eyeadmin
Nineteen couples from China and Sri Lanka became man and wife at a mass wedding ceremony in Negombo near here on Thursday, symbolizing the people-to people relationships that China’s Belt and Road Initiative is creating even as it strengthens Sri Lanka’s position as an ideal wedding destination. The couples, who are employees of the China State Construction Engineering Corporation, walked down the aisle at a grand …
Friday, August 24, 2018 12:25 pm,
by eyeadmin
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