Members of the Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam will hold a protest in the city on Monday at 11 a.m. against the presence of Sri Lankan players in Indian Premier League 2013. A release from the Urban District Secretary of the outfit, N. Panneer Selvam, says …
India will vote in support of a US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka proposed to be moved before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva next month, Union minister in the Prime Minister’s Office ( PMO) V Narayansamy said on Sunday. Talking to …
Three days after a scathing attack against the UPA government for its silence on alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka,DMK chief M Karunanidhi launched another tirade against the Centre on Saturday, this time over President Pranab Mukherjee’s references to the rehabilitation process in the island nation in …
Delegation wants India to vote against Rajapaksa regime at UNHRC meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has emphasised that there will be no compromise on Colombo’s promise to implement the 13th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution which provides more powers to Tamil areas in Sri …
According to a research report by JP Morgan, Sri Lanka’s National Savings Bank (NSB), is expected to raise a US $ 1 billion bond to fulfill Government funding needs with several other private banks to follow suit, as the government is …
Sanath Jayasuriya is not in favour of junior players playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament as they adopt different technique in the shorter version (T20) of the game. “I personally feel our youngsters should keep away from IPL as they adopt …
An’ so they left their native land In spite of their devotion, An’ so they came, or they stole, Were sent across the ocean. An’ came out to Australia. With the boat people bogeyman running amok over Australia’s electoral landscape …
Human Rights Watch (HRW), a global human rights organisation, is to release a highly controversial report on Sri Lanka which alleges rape and torture of detainees at the hands of the army and police on Monday. The HRW, which has prepared a 140-page report, “‘We Will …
▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– Islamic clerics tried to calm religious tensions at press conference on Thursday (21) by requesting shops to sell halal meat only to Muslims, after protests by hardline Bodu Bala Sena group. Food manufacturers have labelled all their …
▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– The visit of United National Party MP Karu Jayasuriya and his wife to Nagapattinam was cut short following protests by political parties on Thursday morning. According to Police they checked into a hotel on Wednesday night in Thirukkadaiyur in …