India, Sri Lanka finalizing plans to restart ferry service
India and Sri Lanka are ready to make way for better ties by resuming a ferry service from Kochi to Colombo. “The ferry service is...
To ‘neutralise’ the former President
Even as Sri Lanka’s former President Mahinda Rajapaksa angles for a political comeback, New Delhi appears to be weighing up possible political shifts in the...
India to offer help to Lanka
As Chinese investments in Sri Lanka run into domestic resistance, India is set to make fresh offers to support the island nation in various sectors....
Balance of payments under pressure
Sri Lanka could face balance-of-payments pressure due to foreign outflows from government securities, a government document showed, even as the island nation is in the...
TNA split on giving Sri Lanka more time
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is split on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) giving the Government more time to address the accountability issue. TNA...
Sri Lanka: The Challenge of Communal Violence
Observations of a recently declassified Intelligence Assessment, 'Sri Lanka: The Challenge of Communal Violence' compiled jointly by the United States Department of State’s office of Near...
Silk Road project delayed as Beijing toughens stance
China will delay a planned $1.1 billion investment in a port on its modern-day "Silk Road" until Sri Lanka clears legal and political obstacles to...
Britain to sponsor a new resolution
Britain is to sponsor a new resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) at its upcoming session in Geneva. The decision...
Tamil Lawyers Forum wants UNHRC to refer Sri Lanka to ICC
The Tamil Lawyers Forum of Sri Lanka has called on the UNHRC to refer Sri Lanka forthwith to the UN General Assembly to be referred...
EU Ambassador to visit the North
Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives for the Delegation of the European Union (EU), H.E. Tung-Laï Margue, will visit the Northern Province from 15-17...
End of the road?
So Northern Province Chief Minister, C.V. Wigneswaran and the gang just held the second instalment of Ezhuga Tamil (Arise Tamils) festival in Batticaloa. Then again...
Communal campaign to divert social tensions?
The Tamil People’s Council (TPC), a Tamil nationalist organisation, has called an Ezhuga Thamizh (Rise up Tamils) protest on February 10 in Batticaloa in Sri...
ITPJ says Sri Lanka violating resolution
Sri Lanka has been accused of violating its commitment to the UN resolution on Sri Lanka adopted by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva....
Would not approve the runway extension
Northern Chief Minister C.V. Vigneswaran has vowed that he will not sign any document approving the extension of the Palaly Airport based some eighteen kilometers...
Karuna forms ‘Tamil United Freedom Party’
Former Eastern Commander of the Liberation of Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and Deputy Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias ‘Karuna Amman’, launched a new political party,...