Did PMO inform CM on sale of vessels to Sri Lanka, asks HC
The Madras High Court Bench here on Tuesday wanted to know if the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) had informed Chief Minister Jayalalithaa that the Goa...
BBS rejects Dalai Lama as spiritual leader
A firebrand Sri Lankan monk on Tuesday criticised the Dalai Lama for urging the island's Buddhists to halt violence against minority Muslims and rejected him...
Time to shake up Sri Lanka’s “business as usual” with India
By Col. R. Hariharan. ...
Indian government is taking steps to activate the 13th amendment
Answering a questions raised in the Indian parliament on 17 July 2014 about changing the Indian policies, the Indian Deputy Minister of foreign affairs V...
Swamy in Sri lanka to speak on ‘India under Modi’
Former Union Cabinet Minister and chairman of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Committee for Strategic Action Subramanian Swamy will deliver a talk on ‘India under...
NDA Govt taking steps to protect Sri Lankan Tamils’ interest
NDA Government would not accept or tolerate any activity by Sri Lanka which would amount to treating Tamils there as slaves, Union Minister and senior...
UN Team on SL to have sittings at 3 places overseas
The UN team, which has been put together to investigate allegations of human rights violations and war crimes against the Sri Lankan government and the...
Congress of Religions urge party leaders to solve burning issues
A rare occurrence took place recently at Abhayaramaya in Narahenpita, Colombo last Friday. The political party leaders were urged by multi-religious dignitaries of the Congress...
Tamil, Muslim, Up country leaders team up at EPRLF Conference
The 34th Conference of the EPRLF (Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front) is to be held on 20 July 2014, at Weerasingham hall Jaffna. TNA leader R....
SL Muslims living in Australia urge authorities to deny visa to Gnanasara Thero
Nine organizations representing Sri Lankan Muslims living in Australia have issued a joint statement urging the Australian government to reconsider their decision to allow Bodu...
Canada concerned about restrictions on civil society
The Honourable Deepak Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and for International Human Rights, today issued the following statement concerning restrictions on...
Katchatheevu’s sovereignty has never been with Sri Lanka: Karunanidhi
DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Tuesday opposed in the Supreme Court the Centre’s stand that Katchatheevu belonged to Sri Lanka in light of the 1974...
The rise of Sri Lanka’s Buddhist ultra-nationalists
Shortly before Buddhist mobs made a deadly rampage through Muslim neighborhoods near the town of Aluthgama, Sri Lanka last month, a man with cropped hair...
What more Congress can do to promote accountability in Sri Lanka
The Obama administration has taken the lead internationally to promote accountability in Sri Lanka. The principal focus is on war crimes and crimes against humanity...
US should push prosecution of individuals in Sri Lanka
The US has the opportunity to prosecute Sri Lankan war criminals and place sanctions on Sri Lanka, the Congressional Caucus on Ethnic and Religious Freedom...