Transparency key as Rights deadline looms
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Will seek dual citizenship for Lankan Tamils
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday asserted her party would take "continuous steps" to attain a separate homeland for Tamils in...
Ministry defends housing project cost
“One cannot compare apple with oranges.” This is how the Sri Lankan government’s Resettlement Ministry has reacted to criticism over the unit cost of houses...
Pacts with several countries to strengthen economy
Sri Lanka aims to strengthen its economy and move the country forward by entering into bilateral agreements with several countries including China and India, Sri...
Tamils Recognize Muslims As A ‘Nation’
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has assured the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) that the Tamils see the Muslims as a distinct “nation” inhabiting Sri...
NPC adopts resolution backing federal solution
Sri Lanka's main Tamil party TNA- controlled northern provincial council today adopted a resolution seeking a federal solution to the long-pending issue of political independence...
Sri Lanka’s interest in T.N. politics wanes
Territorially, Tamil Nadu is the closest Indian State to Sri Lanka. If not geography, at least history — especially contemporary history — should have impelled...
Sri Lanka has witnessed an improvement in the overall Human Rights situation.
The 2015 Human Rights and Democracy Report released by U.K.’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office on 21 April 2016 said that the Government of Sri Lanka took positive steps...
Sri Lankans unhappy over Government’s commitment towards eradicating corruption
According to the latest ‘Democracy in Post War Sri Lanka’ survey conducted by Social Indicator, the survey research unit of the Centre for Policy Alternatives,...
Sri Lanka’s ageing population poses socio-economic challenges
By Zahran Sikkanther Lebbe. ...
Shares rise for the second straight session
Sri Lankan shares rose for the second straight session on Wednesday as investors bought diversified shares such as market heavyweight John Keells Holdings Plc, brokers...
Shares up; eyes on IMF loan deal
Sri Lankan shares ended slightly firmer on Tuesday as investors turned cautious ahead of an imminent loan deal with the International Monetary Fund and uncertainty...
Tamil land still occupied by security forces
Releasing a statement released on 18 April 2016, the British Tamils Forum (BTF) said: Nearly seven years after the end of the war, the Sri Lankan...
Legal action against Indo-Lankan Power Project
The environmental NGO “Green Trincomalee” is mulling legal action against the proposed Indo-Sri Lankan project to build a 500 MW coal-fired power plant at Sampur...
TNA calls for review of tender for building 65,000 houses
The TNA has called on the government to undertake a review of the latter’s ambitious project of building 65,000 houses for the civilians in the...