All Eyes on Doval-Sirisena Meet
Although the Indian National Security Advisor (NSA), Ajit Doval, will be in Sri Lanka on December 1 and 2 primarily to give the keynote address...
Sri Lankan stocks fall to 12-wk low
Sri Lankan stocks fell to a 12-week closing low on Thursday as investors pulled back over worries the defection of some ruling party members would...
Australia hands over intercepted asylum seekers
Sri Lanka’s police arrested 37 nationals on Friday after they were turned back by Australian authorities on the high seas while attempting to seek asylum,...
NSA to meet President, common Opposition leaders in Sri Lanka
National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval, who will be in Sri Lanka on Monday, will meet top leaders of the newly-formed common Opposition platform, in...
Canada’s public safety minister shocked and appalled wants Rathika Sitsabaiesan to apologize “to veterans”
Canada’s public safety minister said Thursday he was “shocked and appalled” after a New Democratic Party MP rose in the House of Commons to commemorate...
Swamy predicts 40% Tamil vote for President
Dr. Subramanian Swamy Head of the Strategic Action Committee of the Bharathiya Janatha Party in a twitter message said 40 percent of Sri Lankan Tamils...
Indian view on Sri Lanka’s mid-term presidential poll
During a political discussion that was hosted on Rajya Sabha TV – an Indian cable TV network run by the Indian government, experts on political...
Australia batsman Phillip Hughes dies after being struck by ball
Phillip Hughes, aged 25 the Australia Test batsman struck on the head by a ball two days ago, has died. He died two days after being struck...
Zeid Al Hussein urges Government to engage productively with his office
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has urged the Sri Lankan Governmenmt to engage productively with his office...
UK wants trade concessions to the EU market removed
The 2013 Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) 06th Report on Human Rights and Democracy (2013 Report), printed 11 November 2014 highlight some areas of particular concern in countries...
Gold Jewellery to be returned
Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake told media on 26 November, that a further stock of gold jewellery is to be handed over...
Tamil war dead monument erected in Germany
A sculpture to commemorate Tamil war deaths is to be erected in the German town of Essen later this week, reported the German paper Der...
UN rapporteur on minority issues accuses BBS in report
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues Rita Izsak criticised the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) in a report released ahead of the seventh session...
The vast majority of Sri Lankans now coming to the UK and who seek asylum are not refugees
Speaking at the House of Lords on 20 November Lord Naseby said that it is time for a review of the cases from Sri Lanka...
Will not allow war crimes charges against Sri Lankan leaders
UNP MP Dr. Harsha De Silva told Parliament that his party is fully committed to protect the security forces who freed the country from terrorism...