15th anniversary of defeat of LTTE: War veteran MP warns of LTTE rump, sympathizers exploiting situation By Shamindra Ferdinando General Secretary of Amnesty International, Agnès Callamard, is scheduled to visit Mullivaikkal, in the Mullaithivu District, where the combined security forces defeated the LTTE. The visit is scheduled to take place on 18 May, the day before the […]

Milinda Moragoda, Founder of the Pathfinder Foundation, yesterday released a six-point statement concerning the present economic situation. “The bitter truth that half-hearted economic reforms by successive governments have been a major contributory factor to the current economic crisis”, Moragoda says, noting that it is critical that all political parties and society at large come to ...

TNA MP M.A.Sumanthiran told Parliament yesterday that the Tamils’ struggle was a struggle for justice. “It is a reasonable struggle for political rights. Our struggle may be too long and hazardous. But we will attain a just solution if we continue in the non-violent path without deviating from it,” he said, making a statement to […]