Modi hopes to erode China’s influence in Bangladesh
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take border-settlement and water-sharing deals to Bangladesh next month as part of his drive to erode Chinese influence in...
Sri Lanka rejects Indian proposal to solve fishing dispute
The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday said it has refused to agree to a proposal from India to allow Indian fishermen to catch fish in...
We have to clear our name
Sri Lanka’s wartime army chief says his conscience is clear and he would welcome a war crimes investigation to prove his innocence. “The allegations are there,”...
Petition President for release of Jaffna students
The Chief Minister of the Northern Province, Members of Parliament, students and teachers jointly presented a petition to President Maithripala Sirisena, calling for the immediate...
China’s Military Strategy
China outlined its defense strategy to boost its naval capability farther from its shores, saying it faced a grave and complex array of security threats...
GTF holds talks on Lanka
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF), a diaspora group based in London, had talks today with the South African Government on Sri Lanka. The GTF said...
Film on slain TV journalist banned
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has refused to certify ‘Porkalathil Oru Poo,’ a film based on real life story of television journalist, Isaipriya,...
No Room for Separatism and Violence, says Lankan Cannes Star
Jesuthasan Anthonythasan, the Tamil Tiger child soldier who attained international stardom when his film Dheepan bagged the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year, has well...
New ‘Silk Road’ could alter global economics
Beginning with the marvelous tales of Marco Polo's travels across Eurasia to China, the Silk Road has never ceased to entrance the world. Now, the...
Working group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to visit Sri Lanka
Chair-Rapporteur of the UN's Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), Ariel Dulitzky and his team will arrive in Sri Lanka on 4 August...
Jaffna violence: ‘external elements’ could be involved
There is a lurking suspicion over the role of “external elements” in the large-scale violence that Jaffna witnessed last week. The trigger was a recent...
India-Iran Strategic Chabahar Port to be Operational by December
India expects the strategic Chabahar port in Iran, which will give sea-land access to Afghanistan bypassing Pakistan, to be operational by December next year, Union...
Sri Lanka’s Daughter
By Thisuri Wanniarachchi ...
Police Slammed Over Ex-war Zone Gang Rape
Sri Lankan police came under fire Saturday for their failure to act after the gang rape and murder of a teenage girl in the district...
US Congressional Caucus on Ethnic and Religious Freedom
The International Crisis Group (ICG), Human Rights Watch (HRW), Committee to Protect Jorunalsits (CPJ) and Freedom From Torture (FFT) briefed a US Congressional Caucus on...