House of Lords says Tamil Tigers a brutal terror organisation
Sri Lanka was discussed in the British House of Lords on 24 November 2014 with questions being asked on matters pertaining to the EU court...
Avdesh Kaushal wants release of the three convicted Lankan fishermen
A member of the international advisory panel of experts, appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, to probe alleged war crimes committed by the Sri Lanka Forces...
Parties urged to refrain from using pope in political campaign
The director for the media and information center for the Pope’s visit to Sri Lanka in 2015, urged political groups to refrain from using cut...
Opposition candidate says no foreign conspiracy
Sri Lanka's common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena Saturday dismissed the government's charge that a foreign conspiracy is behind his decision to come forward to challenge...
Foreign conspiracy behind Sri Lanka’s common opposition candidate
There is a foreign hand behind the decision to nominate former government minister and the general secretary of the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)...
A new Turf after the tigers are gone
To write about a train, you don't need to run with it. So I will, instead, first talk about Jaya Perera, a hairdresser from Muscat,...
Lottery winner dies bankrupt
Money can destroy lives too and Sunil was no exception. Sunil who won Rs5 million in a lottery was found dead inside a well. It...
How Colombo released the fishermen
Actor Salman Khan appears to have, perhaps unknowingly, played an indirect role in the release of the five Indian fishermen on death row in Sri...
TNA Parliamentarians meet
A special meeting of TNA Parliamentarians is to be held in Colombo today, to take a decision on whom to support at the Presidential Election to...
Solheim a liar
The government today branded the Development Assistance Committee (OECD) Chairman and former Norwegian Sri Lanka peace negotiator Eric Solheim ‘a liar and a supporter of...
Swamy seeks ban on Prabhakaran’s birth anniversary celebrations
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today urged Home Minister Rajnath Singh to issue a directive to the Tamil Nadu government to ban the move to celebrate...
Presidential Election on January 8
On a day of high political drama when the ruling coalition of Sri Lankan President suffered serious defections, the election commission on Friday set January...
Families demand release of Sri Lankan fishermen
The families and next of kin of Sri Lankan fishermen who were sentenced to death by a Colombo Court along with five Indian fishermen on...
The ghosts of the colonial past
At the end of a back-breaking day, only one question awaits tea plucker Velu Parameswari: ‘‘How many kgs?’’ That is all “dorai” (supervisor) asks every...
NPC wants Tamil detainees released
The Northern Provincial Council (NPC) on 19 November 2014, adopted a resolution calling for the release of Tamil political prisoners who have been in jail for...