Transitional Justice: Genuine move or red herring?
J S Tissainayagam. ...
Truth and reconciliation
No country that emerges from civil war can truly heal until the dead have been accounted for and steps toward reconciliation have been made. Sri...
General Suhag on nostalgic trip to Sri Lanka
Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag left for Sri Lanka on Sunday on a four-day visit during which he will review bilateral defence ties and...
Human smuggling laws unconstitutional
In two cases involving ships carrying Tamil refugees to Canada’s shores, the Supreme Court has ruled that federal immigration laws denying entry to human smugglers...
UK steps up reconciliation and human rights support for Sri Lanka
British Prime Minister David Cameron held talks with President Maithripala Sirisena at the Commonwealth Summit in Malta on 27 November 2015, and announced a significant increase...
Jaffna University students light commemorative flame for Maaveerar Naal
Tamils across the world marked Tamil National Remembrance Day on November 27th, in memory of all those who lost their lives. Memorial ceremonies took place across...
Jaffna remembers slain LTTE cadres
Great Heroes’ Day (Maaveerar Naal), which commemorates the slain Tamil Tigers, passed without incident in the Tamil-speaking parts of Sri Lanka’s Northern and Eastern Provinces...
Sri Lanka currency falls to record low
The Sri Lankan rupee fell to a record low of 143.25 per dollar on Friday, on track for its sixth straight session of declines on...
Business must lobby for improved human rights to see GSP+ reinstated
Speaking at the Sri Lanka Apparrel Exporters Association AGM, The European Union Ambassador to Sri Lanka David Daly reiterated that GSP Plus is a unilateral...
Indian HC permits parties to hold ‘Heroes Day’ meeting
The Madras High Court has permitted the Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam to hold a meeting to commemorate the ‘heroes’ who had laid down their lives during...
Pakistan, India agree to play cricket series in Sri Lanka
The Pakistan and Indian governments on Thursday gave the go-ahead to their respective cricket boards to play a short limited-overs series in Sri Lanka. Five...
TNA urges calm
"We are very shocked and saddened by the suicide of of the 18 year old student, Rajeswaran Senthuran," the leader of the TNA, R Sampanthan...
Jaffna Student Commits Suicide
An 18 year old Jaffna student, Rajeswaran Senthooran, allegedly committed suicide demanding an independent Tamil Eelam and the rehabilitation and release of all Tamil political...
Britain remains committed to working closely with the Sri Lankan Government
Responding to a question on the hunger strike staged by the Tamil detainees by Parliamentarian Joan Ryan, in the House of Commons Secretary of State for Foreign and...
Our objectives are the same and nothing has changed
In an interview with Darisha Bastians of the Daily FT on 26 November Ambassador Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the USA to the United Nations said the...