The Government will ratify a United Nations obligation in Parliament next week to ban anyone in Sri Lanka aiding and abetting internationally proscribed terrorist organizations that include Al-Qaeda or the Taliban. [More]
Nearly 30 Sri Lankan individuals and two companies have been named in a first of its kind worldwide publication of those having secret accounts in offshore jurisdictions. [More]
While the debate continues on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the 17th Amendment to the Constitution must be implemented before having elections for the Northern Province. [More]
There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [More]
Lankan Army has warned the leader of the Navodaya Peoples Front Vadivel Ilaiyathambi not to contest in the eastern provincial council election.
The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) has once again criticised Muslims who wear the Niqab and Burka in Sri Lanka saying that it should not be allowed. [
The Government will ratify a United Nations obligation in Parliament next week to ban anyone in Sri Lanka aiding and abetting internationally proscribed terrorist organizations that include Al-Qaeda or the Taliban. [
Dr.Shivashankar arrested while at the Kokawil military base was released this morning. [
Nearly 30 Sri Lankan individuals and two companies have been named in a first of its kind worldwide publication of those having secret accounts in offshore jurisdictions. [
While the debate continues on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the 17th Amendment to the Constitution must be implemented before having elections for the Northern Province. [
President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced we have decided to implement changes in the 13th amendment to stop dividing this motherland. [
Prior to Navi Pillay’s visit SriLankan government decided to implement 53 recommendations proposed in the LLRC report. [
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Detectives investigating a series of thefts are trying to trace the owners of a haul of gold jewellery worth more than 500,000. [
There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [