Legal action sought against Provincial Councilors
Polwatta Gallage Ravindra Niroshan of Nugegoda filed a writ application before the Court of Appeal on 29 September 2014, seeking a writ of mandamus ordering the...
Looking over my shoulder
A couple of weeks ago, I went on an official trip to the East. Starting in Arugam Bay, we drove North all the way to...
I am still busy trying to give more focus to India’s neighbourhood
A few hours before he left for Washington, where he will have a dinner meeting with US President Barack Obama, PM Modi said the US...
Narendra Modi, Obama release US-India vision statement “Forward Together We Go”
"Chalein Saath Saath, forward together we go”, is how the India-US joint vision statement, released after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with President Barack Obama,...
Civil society wants Prevention of Terrorism Act repealed
Civil society members and politicians came together at a campaign in Colombo, seeking the release of Balendran Jeyakumari, who was arrested by Sri Lanka’s Terrorism...
India suspicious as Chinese submarine docks in Sri Lanka
The docking of a Chinese submarine in Colombo on a long-range deployment patrol earlier this month is yet another indicator of the ever-increasing forays of...
OIC chief to visit Sri Lanka
The head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will visit Sri Lanka on an invitation from Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, according to a...
Establish an investigating team to probe disappearances
The Presidential Commission on Disappearances and War Crimes (DWC) has asked President Mahinda Rajapaksa to establish an Investigating Team to help it pursue cases of...
UN experts will review Lanka next week
The UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), will review Sri Lanka next week, the...
Jayalalithaa loyalist O Panneerselvam is the new Chief Minister
O Panneerselvam, the 'number 2' in AIADMK, was on Sunday appointed as the new chief minister of Tamil Nadu for the second term, a day...
President to visit Vatican next week
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is scheduled to visit the Vatican next week to officially invite Pope Francis to visit Sri Lanka. President Rajapaksa is...
Myanmar monk backs hard-line Buddhist group
Controversial Buddhist monk from Myanmar Ashin Wirathu, accused of leading an anti-Muslim movement in Burma, on Sunday pledged his support to a hard-line Sinhala-Buddhist group...
Power Devolution Best solution to SL Tamil Issue: India
India has told the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, that Sri Lanka will be able to address the vexed war-time accountability issue if...
Rev Wirathu attends conference of nationalist monks
U Wirathu, a leading Burmese monk notorious for his anti-Muslim rhetoric, arrived in Sri Lanka on Friday night to take part in a conference organised by a...
Modi meets President Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held talks with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa during which key issues, including bilateral and regional, was discussed. This...