India, Japan showcase solidarity on Indian Republic Day
PM Manmohan Singh and his visiting Japan counterpart Shinzo Abe Saturday agreed to further deepen the strategic and global partnership between the two countries as two democracies in...
NPC passes resolution calling for an international probe
The Northern Provincial Council (NPC) passed a resolution calling for an international probe into the war crimes allegedly committed during the country’s ethnic conflict on...
Sri Lanka says international war crimes probe would bring ‘chaos’
An international inquiry into war crimes in Sri Lanka would bring "chaos," and the government's national reconciliation process must be given several more...
US to Press Sri Lanka Again at UN Rights Council
The United States said Monday it will sponsor a resolution at the U.N. Human Rights Council that Sri Lanka is worried could call for...
Engage constructively for genuine reconciliation
Speaking at an event to celebrate the 65th Republic Day of India this morning at India House in Colombo, Indian High Commissioner in Colombo...
Keeping India at bay
By Ahilan Kadirgamar. Fish move over the Indian Ocean knowing no borders, while marine resources including corals on the continental shelf are important...
Sri Lanka-TN fishermen reach deal
An agreement has been reached between fishermen of India and Sri Lanka, but is subject to the approval of both the governments. Briefing...
TNA to gather support for the UN resolution
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says it will gather support for the UN resolution on Sri Lanka to be submitted at the UN...
Sri Lankan fishermen raise concerns
A day before the scheduled talks between fishermen of India and Sri Lanka, sections of northern fishermen said they received no information about who...
Jayalalithaa Sets 5-point Agenda for Fisherfolk Meet
The much-awaited fishermen-level talks between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka will be held on January 27 here and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has...
Motions before NPC on war probe?
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) members are to submit motions before Northern Provincial Council (NPC) on Monday backing calls for an international war crimes investigation in...
Governance In Northern Province Of Sri Lanka
By Gautam Sen. CV Wigneswaran, Chief Minister of Northern Province of Sri Lanka has lamented in a recent public speech on January 10,...
Sri Lankan Government had invited India to facilitate the peace process: Kurshid
By Pratnashree Basu. Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid's recent reminder that the Sri Lankan Government of the day alone had invited India to...
NDP’s Sitsabaiesan ‘right to be concerned’ in Sri Lanka, says Mulcair
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is defending MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan's trip to Sri Lanka over the holidays in a recent letter to the high commissioner, stating that Sitsabaiesan had "no intention to...
Ontario Premier meets with former WTM spokesman
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne traded pleasantries this month with a onetime spokesman for a federally listed terrorist organization while on a visit to a...