Step up reconciliation efforts
In my capacity as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues, I conducted an official visit to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka,...
Vaiko acquitted
MDMK general secretary Vaiko, who has been accused of indulging in sedition and unlawful activities in support of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),...
MV Sun Sea trial begins in Canada
More than six years after a rickety vessel with nearly 500 Sri Lankan Tamils aboard arrived off the coast of B.C., four men charged with...
India offers solar plant in Trincomalee
A month after Sri Lanka decided to scrap a coal power project involving the NTPC, in Trincomalee, India has offered to build a solar power...
Everybody blames the Norocholai plant
Sri Lanka has imposed daily power cuts nationwide following breakdown at a China-built power plant in Norocholai, a coastal town 140 km north of Colombo....
Electricity consumers will be compensated for damages from 13 January 2017.
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka announced four newly gazetted regulations in the areas of customer satisfaction in service, quality as well as electrical...
TNA dissatisfied with draft law to replace PTA
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), which is highly dissatisfied with the Sri Lankan government’s new draft law to replace the existing draconian Prevention of Terrorism...
Diaspora won’t come until a new constitution is implemented
The Diaspora isn’t coming back to the country until such time a new constitution is implemented, Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan said in Colombo recently. Speaking...
Draft constitution within 2 months
TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran hopes the draft of the new constitution could be in place within the coming two months. The party has fulfilled around...
Policy dissonance leads to formation of coordinating committee
The recent public outburst of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena over being kept in the dark about certain key decisions of the administration led by...
No imminent danger
President Maithripala Sirisena’s recent outburst against his government’s investigation arms shocked many within political circles here, sparking speculation over a perceived rift between him and...
Police probe suicide note
Sri Lankan police say they are investigating the death of a retired soldier found hanged on Friday with a note claiming responsibility for the 2009...
Remark comparing Ravana to terrorist draws ire
On October 11, PM Modi during his address on Vijayadashmi in Lucknow had said that 'the first person to fight terror was neither a soldier...
Judge reduces terror trio’s jail sentence over haunting ‘injustice’ in Sri Lanka case
A United States judge has reduced the sentence handed down to three Tamils for allegedly conspiring to buy weapons for the LTTE due to the...
PM flashes a politician’s watch
Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is not known at home—reportedly—for his communication skills. The joke is that his jokes are often misunderstood and used...