US notes progress in Sri Lanka
US Secretary of State John Kerry has noted the progress in Sri Lanka after the new Government took office. Mr Kerry addressing the Foreign Affairs...
NPC accounts distorted
Opposition leader of the Northern Provincial Council, S. Thavarajah had pointed out that the financial statements of the Northern Provincial Council as at December 31, 2014...
Sri Lanka woo British tourists
With the view of developing new product segment for UK travelers, Sri Lanka Tourism took a strategic decision in partnership with the industry to showcase...
Narendra Modi may visit Jaffna
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may visit the Tamil-dominated Jaffna region during his trip to Sri Lanka next month. The PM is scheduled to reach Colombo...
China for trilateral cooperation with India and Sri Lanka
China on Friday proposed trilateral cooperation involving India and Sri Lanka for regional stability as the new government in Colombo sought to re-balance its ties...
CTC condemns burning of effigies and pictures of TNA Leaders
The Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) strongly condemns the burning of effigies and images of TNA leaders, Mr. Sampanthan and Mr. Sumanthiran. We believe these acts...
Tamil Civil Society Forum decides not to give evidence
The Tamil Civil Society Forum (TCSF) and the Welfare Organisation for the Forcibly Disappeared Persons on the 24th of February 2015 in Jaffna have jointly decided...
We welcome initiatives Government has undertaken
The Government has already undertaken important new initiatives, such as reviewing cases of detainees under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, lifting restrictions on media reporting,...
Files from intelligence agencies leaked to Al-Jazeera
Almost a year after Prabhakaran’s death and the decimation of the LTTE, Sri Lankan intelligence agency had requested its South African counterpart to probe whether...
Dont shout at me PM tells TNA
Hard-line sections of the TNA are breathing fire against the new Prime Minister for the Government delays in releasing lands seized by the military in...
Vigneswaran tells nothing racist about demanding truth
Criticising the Sri Lankan prime minister's statement that a resolution passed by the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) calling for an international investigation in genocide as...
UN defends decision to defer probe report
The UN Human Rights Council today defended its move to defer the release of a report into alleged war crimes committed during Sri Lanka's civil...
NPC will support Memorial in Mullivaikkal
Chief Minister C.V. Vigneswaran said the Northern Provincial Council will offer its full cooperation for erecting of a memorial at Mullivaikkal, in memory of people...
The independence of judicial institutions in Sri Lanka was compromised
Amnesty International released its 2014/15 Annual Report on 24 February 2015. The Report documents the state of human rights in 160 countries and territories during 2014....
Protest in Jaffna against domestic probe and release of UN report
Members of the Tamil community protested in Jaffna on 24 February 2015, calling on the UN Human Rights Council to release the OHCHR Investigation on...