UK Parliamentarians call for repeal of Sri Lanka’s terrorism laws
Parliamentarians and campaigners held a discussion at the Houses of Parliament in Britain on Tuesday, where campaigners highlighted Sri Lanka's repressive Prevention of Terrorism Act...
UN Human Rights Chief announces details of Sri Lankan investigation
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay announced Wednesday that three distinguished experts have agreed to advise and support the team set up to...
Is the US Embassy in Colombo behind Anti-Muslim violence?
Political commentator C.A.Chandraprema's analysis of the Aluthgama clash has given rise to the speculation that the US Embassy in Colombo was behind the whole incident...
US State Department report on human trafficking released
The latest US State Department report on human trafficking has accused Sri Lanka of failing to fully comply with the minimum standards to eliminate...
Remains of the hate
Sri Lanka has just experienced the worst communal violence in decades but you wouldn’t always know it from the behaviour of its politicians. Six members...
Attempt to reveal key intelligence info
Defence Ministry spokesman, Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya said that it has received information regarding attempts by certain political elements to destabilize the country’s intelligence unit by...
Jaya, demands secure release of 64 Tamil fishermen
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to secure the release of 64 fishermen from...
Minister SB wants US leaders killed
A Government Minister says American leaders must be killed for the atrocities they have committed, particularly in the Middle East. Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake said...
Protest over attacks called off
Sri Lankan Muslims called off a planned protest on Monday to denounce a series of attacks by Buddhist extremists after police warned their action could...
Screening of Sri Lankan film in Chennai cancelled after threats from a Tamil group
The screening of Sri Lankan film 'With You Without You' had to be cancelled in Chennai on Saturday after officials at PVR Cinemas, which released...
TNA meets UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs
The Tamil National Alliance held discussions on Friday and Sunday in Colombo with the delegation led by Oscar Fernandez Taranco, UN Assistant Secretary General for Political...
Tamil Nadu Marine Police file case against Sri Lankan Navy
The marine police of the Coastal Security Group (CSG) have registered an attempt-to-murder case against the Sri Lankan Navy for sinking a fishing boat and...
Sri Lankan national arrested in Peshawar search operation
With Operation Zarb-e-Azb underway in North Waziristan Agency, the Peshawar Police launched a massive search operation on Sunday, arresting more than 118 illegal residents, including...
BBS Wants Champika Ranawaka To Be The ‘Sinhalese’ President
Bodu Bala Sena and several Sinhala-Buddhist organizations have started a social media campaign promoting JHU stalwart Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka as the next "President of...
UN Panel to include former Finnish President Maartti Ahtisarri
Former New Zealand Governor-General Silvia Cartwright will be part of a United Nations panel investigating alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka in 2009. A UN...