Former Commander of the Army, Daya Ratnayake, in a recent interview with the Sirasa TV, revealed the details of the events that took place at Temple Trees on the night of 8 January.
The Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government wants the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to back US-led proposal to enable the country to launch a comprehensive domestic inquiry into accountability issues.
‘When my father Sam Thambimuttu and my mother were killed brutally in front of the Canadian High Commission by the Tigers , where were you ?’ . This was the question posed by a new politico Arun Tambimuttu to Callum McRay of channel 4 and Tiger supporter Jaan Jananayagam at a conference held at Printline Hall , London on the 17th. This question dumbfounded all of them .
In her column, Ms. Selvarajah does not mention the killing of Tamils. She does not explain why the LTTE was occupying the 400-year-old sacred Madhu shrine, sacred for all Catholics in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka and Israel have been both accused of violating international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL) at UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva, but in dealing with these two nations the United States has taken two contradictory positions.....
The current arrangement where hand-picked individuals from a constituent party of the UPFA - the SLFP - are with the Government and the rest are NOT with the Opposition has made the majority of the UPFA impotent because their only function appears to be silent enablers in the furtherance of the UNFGG agenda.
As published in Wikipedia, last updated September 04, 2015 Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) is a Sri Lankan political party which represents the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority in the country. [PoliticksLK notes:] Even though, ITAK portrays itself as the voice of the Sri Lankan Tamil community, they had never represented outside North and East […]
Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is incarcerated at America’s harshest maximum security prison, likened to hell on earth by former wardens and rights activists, until his transfer to death row.
The Colombo Port City Project came under heavy flak for not following proper procedure as well as possible adverse environmental impact. This is a rare voice with a different opinion....
Big Names are Needed to Bring the Numbers As published in Daily Mirror, November 06, 2015 Sustained promotion and consistent branding of Sri Lanka as a holiday destination are essential if the country is to overhaul its tourism industry, Rajan Brito, the Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of the conglomerate Aitken Spence, has said. Speaking […]
Sri Lanka under ‘Yahapalanaya’ is a penetrated state. The single most important thing about a parliamentary election is the chance it provides to stop the rape of our sovereignty.
Coming to power on the coattails of MS, the UNP Government hangs on precariously. While they will love the NCM against RW to lead to a Parliamentary Dissolution, would MR camp allow it?
As the appointment of state ministers and deputy ministers gave final shape to the government, it became clear that this can no longer be called a ‘UNP led’ government.