Enforced Disappearance: A Tamil Perspective
Speech delivered by Father Elil Rajendran at the BMICH, on October 27, 2015 Members of the families of those forcibly disappeared, distinguished guests, ladies and...
We need a political strategy to empower state enterprises,
Sri Lanka needs to have a political strategy to support the implementation of reforms and restructurings of state owned enterprises to reduce the burden on the...
Sri Lankan Approve Numerous One-Off Levies
On October 20, 2015, Sri Lanka's Government passed several amendments to implement tax proposals announced in the 2015 Interim Budget. Under the change, a new...
To Counter Hindi’s Soft Power, Pakistan Sets up Urdu Learning Center
The Pakistan High Commission has started an Urdu Language Training Center in the Sri Lankan capital. The avowed purpose of the venture is to help...
4,000 houses for Tamils in plantation sector
The proposed construction of 4,000 houses for Tamils engaged in the plantation sector in Sri Lanka may finally see light at the end of the...
Tamil Civil Society Forum calls for the Government to be “honest and truthful”
The Tamil Civil Society Forum (TCSF) took part in a civil society consultation meeting attended by Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera today (29 October 2015) on...
Tamil Nadu’s political island
Political voices demanding retrieval of the troubled Katchatheevu island from Sri Lanka are bound to grow in the run up to the next Assembly polls....
Form Panel to Discuss Issues of Fishermen
The National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF) has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister for External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, to form a high-level committee comprising...
Top LeT operative, Abu Qasim killed in Jammu and Kashmir
Abdur Rehman alias Abu Qasim, a Pakistani militant who for his deadly pursuits in Jammu and Kashmir over the years rose to a top position...
The experience of Sri Lanka, embodies so much of what is at stake in this enterprise
Remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power at the Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Mexico City, October 28, 2015. It's been more than five years since...
Advantage US, as China fades in Sri Lanka’s war crimes debate
Far from the South China Sea's unfolding turbulence, the calmer waters of the Indian Ocean are witnessing a more subtle geopolitical power play, in which...
Government open to allowing bail
The Ranil Wickremesinghe government is open to the idea of allowing Tamils held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to get bail, the Minister...
Jayalalithaa seeks Modi’s help to secure release of fishermen
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention to secure the release of 34...
Sri Lanka Selling Global Bonds Amid Widening Budget Deficit
Sri Lanka is selling global bonds for the second time this year as the government faces a wider budget deficit and a weaker currency. The...
Sri Lanka Navy Arrests 34 Indians, Indian CG Detains 29 Lankans
In what looks like a tit for tat response to the Indian navy’s taking into custody 29 Sri Lankan fishermen in Indian waters off Lakshadweep,...