PM hints at moving summit
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is hinting he'd like to see this year's Commonwealth summit moved out of Sri Lanka in protest of the country's...
All UK visa applications to be made online
From Monday 6 May 2013, Sri Lankan applicants and their dependants who are applying for a UK visa will need to make their...
Boston bombings planned for 2 years
According to an article in world news desk a source within Iran’s intelligence services, the Islamic regime’s Quds Forces, a special unit of...
Officials of the British High Commission meets BBS
Officials of the British High Commission has held discussions with the authorities of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) yesterday (24). The discussion was...
Company suspends employee who posted hate messages
An employee of a respected Sri Lankan company was suspended for a month after an inquiry found him guilty of sprouting racial hatred...
US delegates to meet TNA members today
A group of officials from the US Secretary of State for Democracy and Human rights currently engaged in a tour in Sri Lanka...
CHOGM will go ahead: too late for a venue change
Sri Lanka, whose economy is supported by more than US$6 billion remittances by its migrant workers, had hoped to showcase its post-war revival...
Commonwealth Lawyers Association’s unprecedented call for Sri Lanka’s suspension from the Commonwealth
Recent developments in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe took centre stage at last week’s Commonwealth Law Conference in Cape Town, South Africa with...
Your job is to write, my job is to play: Sachin Tendulkar to bat on
Record-breaking batsman Sachin Tendulkar turns 40 on Wednesday with no plans to retire despite media speculation and recent form suggesting that age is...
Manmohan Singh to facilitate resettlement of group of Sri Lankan Tamils in UAE.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written to Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko informing him that the Centre would be...
Indian-aided power plant in to begin work in July
The much-delayed India-aided power project at Sampur in Trincomalee district in Eastern Sri Lanka is to commence in July this year. The...
Karuna wants Centre to exert pressure to shift CHOGM
DMK today appealed to the Centre to exert pressure for shifting the venue of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) from Sri...
Britain concerned about human rights,including freedom of opinion and expression
The British Government is aware of the BBC's decision to suspend broadcasts on the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC). According to the BBC...
Sri Ranga on threats made on the MTV/MBC
General Secretary of the Citizens’ Front Parliamentarian J. Sri Ranga expressed the following views on the threats that have been made on the MTV/MBC...
Mannar Bishop denies ‘separation’ seeks ‘viable political solution’
Bishop of Mannar, Most Rev. Dr. Rayappu Joseph said he never stood for the separation of the country nor rejected any viable political...