Following reports that the resolution against Sri Lanka had been tabled at the UNHRC, Adaderana managed to contact Ambassador Tamara Kunanayakam who said most developing countries and even the European Union are unhappy about the text of the draft resolution as what it tries

The United States has submitted the draft of the resolution to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on Wednesday, state reports reaching Adaderana. .....

UPDATE: There have been no reports yet of any Sri Lankans being affected by the explosion in Oslo, near the Norwegian Prime Minister’s office, Sri Lanka’s ambassador in Norway told Adaderana a short while ago. ....

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will face the upcoming Local Government elections from the North and East as a single political party, TNA National List Member of Parliament M.A. Sumanthiran told Adaderana this evening. ....

By Malathi De Alwis On 18 May 2009, Sri Lanka officially declared the end of a 30-year civil war fought between. Sri Lankan government forces (GoSL) and Tamil militants, namely the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE). Such a sea...

By Austin Fernando In recent times there had been vast discussion on returning the displaced. The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), media, Diaspora, diplomatic inquiries- especially from India- led these dialogues. When certain Tamil representatives gave evidence before the LLRC the internally displaced person’s (IDP’s) and refugees’ rights and plight became secondary ...

The Higher Education Ministry is planning to bring in about 10 international higher education institutes to the island. This will make Sri Lanka the hub of Asian higher education, Minister S.B. Dissanayake told Adaderana. ....

The proposed amendments to the existing elections system will be brought before Parliament after the Constitutional Amendments Bill which will be taken up on Wednesday (Sept. 08), Chief Government Whip Minister Dinesh Gunawardena told Adaderana. ....

Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary told Adaderana this morning (August 14) that he believes President Mahinda Rajapaksa will ratify the verdict of the first Court Martial against Gen. (retired) Sarath Fonseka delivered yesterday. ....

Of the Sri Lankan females who leave the island for employment, only some 36 per cent register themselves as being mothers leaving their children with guardians here, the chairperson of the Child Protection Authority (CPA) told Adaderana this evening. ....

A frequent visitor to the eastern town of Trincomalee narrated this story to AdaDerana this morning. A former Sri Lanka Air Force officer, he witnessed a peace-time ‘humanitarian operation’ by the Sri Lanka Air Force life guard and a Sri Lanka Navy patrol boat. ....

Foreign policies cannot be formulated on the streets and diplomacy cannot be achieved through protests and blackmails said Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations at Geneva, speaking to Adaderana today.

Mohan Samaranayake, National Information Officer of the UN office in Colombo, speaking to Adaderana today stated that the UN has not closed down any UN offices in Sri Lanka. He also said that the UN office in Colombo will be continuing working today.

The Adaderana staff manning the night shift felt an earth tremor at around 12. 59 am. It lasted for about one minute. A highly worried staff inquired from the Meteorological Department, which said that it had to be confirmed. A few minutes later, the Met. Department confirmed that a slight tremor

Sri Lanka should not depend on foreign loans and instead concentrate on encouraging Foreign Direct Investments for the country’s development, former Malaysian Premier Dr. Mahathir Mohamed told Adaderana a short while ago. ....

The Sri Lanka Wildlife Department is to mount operations to capture and relocate elephants that frequent villages, Department source told Adaderana. ....

When Adaderana contacted the Defence Secretary over the much discussed news item on BBC’s Hardtalk, where Sri Lanka’s Secretary of Defence Gotabhaya Rajapaksa had reportedly stated that Sri Lanka could execute General Sarath Fonseka, he said what he had meant was ‘if Fonseka was found guilty

India and Sri Lanka share the unenviable culture, says Bollywood actress Dia Mirza when Adaderana asked her what the island can expect from the Indian International Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend Awards being held here. ....

In the latest developments in the corporate sector, Adaderana learns that Gamini Senarath has been appointed Acting Chairman and Board member of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd (SLIC). Pradeep Kariyawasam who was to take over as SLIC Chairman earlier is tipped to take over as Chairman

Current Managing Director of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd., Dr. Nalaka Godahewa is tipped to head the institution vested in the Government by courts last year, as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Adaderana learns. READ MORE....

The United National Party’s (UNP) national as well as the village level leadership has to bear the responsibility for the recent string of defeats the party had to face during elections, Dr. Karunasena Kodituwakku told Adaderana today. READ MORE....

Pradeep Kariyawasam is likely to retain his post as Chairman of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited, Adaderana reliably learns. A well known figure at executive managerial level, Mr. Karuyawasam is the husband of Supreme Court Justice Shirani Bnadaranayake. READ MORE….

Nimal Welgama has been appointed as chairman of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) with Lawyer Kalinga Indatissa, Shameendra Rajapaksha and Jayantha Dharmadasa being appointed as Board members, Adaderana reliably learns. READ MORE...

A new Board of Directors has been appointed to the Sri Lanka Board of Investment (BOI). The Chairman and Director General is J.D. Bandaranayake while Eshana de Silva, Sanjeewa Wickemanayake and Anura Jayasinghe are Members of the Board, BOI sources told Adaderana a short while ago.

Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) cargo planes are to be used to transport essential medicinal drugs and supplies into the island from overseas, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena told Adaderana a short while ago. READ MORE....

Though results of the 2010 general elections for the Colombo district are yet to be officially announced, sources told Adaderana that Wimal Weerawansa from the United PeopleÂ?s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) seems to be leading the way in preference votes with a high margin. READ MORE....

The Elections Department will not officially release the final results of the Nawalapitiya electorate, the Kandy district and the island-wide results for the 2010 general elections, till the re-poll at the few polling divisions in Nawalapitiya, Department sources told Adaderana a short while ago

After the upcoming general elections, which the United PeopleÂ?s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) says it is sure to win, the Cabinet will be limited to 35 Ministers, sources very close to the Government told Adaderana this morning. READ MORE....

Any sort of begging will be banned inside trains from April 01, Commercial Director of Sri Lanka Railways Wijaya Samarasinghe told Adaderana this morning (March 28). READ MORE...

The phrase Â?computer jilmaartÂ? is not my original phrase. It was first stated by Mahinda Rajapaksa himself after the 2004 General Elections, says Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna leader Somawansa Amarasinghe during the Adaderana 360 discussion a short while ago. READ MORE....