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BBC: Muslims in Sri Lanka have said that the storming of the Jumma Mosque of Dambulla by a gang may negatively impact the reconciliation process among communities. Army patrolling Ampara yesterday after Muslims protested and staged a hartal against the removal of mosque in Dambulla The All Ceylon
- Jaffna Muslims stage protest against Dambulla attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Talks Tomorrow Over Dambulla Issue (Category: Breaking News)
- Muslims call prayer meeting on Dambulla (Category: Breaking News)
- Muslims stage protests over Dambulla incident (Category: Breaking News)
Relatives and friends of Sri Lankan Tamils who risked their lives in search of a better future abroad after the end of the war in May 2009 are desperately seeking information as to their fates. Thousands of Tamils migrated from the country to escape the violence of the 30-year civil war, which ended with Sri ...
- Six fold rise in Lankans seeking asylum in Australia (Category: Business)
- Waves of Sri Lankan asylum seekers arriving (Category: Breaking News)
- Stop the surge (Category: Business)
- 21 Lankans remanded to judicial custody (Category: Breaking News)
By Nita Bhalla It was with a heavy heart I read the press release this morning. A desperately needed aid programme run by the charity Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) – in English, Doctors without Borders – in Sri Lanka’s war-torn North has shut down after only 18 months of operation. I had visited the project ...
- Aid agency denies abandoning traumatized war survivors in SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Aid agency denies abandoning traumatized war survivors in SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Aid agency denies abandoning health project for war survivors (Category: Breaking News)
- MSF ends mental health program in Killinochchi (Category: Breaking News)
million. But Sports Minister Mahindananada Aluthgamage told BBC Sinhala ...
- Disaster Warning (Category: Business)
- Fresh Season (Category: Business)
- Government land policy is fair- Keheliya (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as Prime Minister (Category: Breaking News)
Let’s accept it, Sri Lanka made a statement to the world that we are open for business with Expo 2012, even though it had its limitations like the faulty air conditioner at the launch that grabbed media attention. Whilst some can say that the shine was taken off the event due to the very uncomfortable ...
- Building ‘Brand Sri Lanka’: Expo 2012 (Category: Business)
- Has the bubble burst? (Category: Business)
- Logistics hub on show to the world in March (Category: Business)
- London: World’s first social media Olympics (Category: Business)
By Firdous Syed DNA India: There seems to be no moral justification behind the United States-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council. The massacre of ‘40,000 civilians’ and continued persecution of Tamils is a fit case for international censure; even an international intervention could be justified. That the US, motivated, or ...
- US wants action plan from Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Indian stand on Geneva resolution has adverse reactions:Gotabaya (Category: Breaking News)
- India instrumental in toning down resolution against Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka concerned about campaign ahead of UNHCR (Category: Breaking News)
Reporters Without Borders calls on all members of the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council, which began its 19th session yesterday, to pass a resolution condemning the Sri Lankan government’s violations of freedom of information and to demand an end to threats and violence against news media and human rights defenders in Sri Lanka. “For ...
- Alarming Increase in hostile rhetoric, threats of reprisals against exiled journalists from Sri ... (Category: Breaking News)
- U.N. to investigate Prageeth Eknelygoda's disappearance (Category: Breaking News)
- UN urged to contact wife of missing Sri Lankan cartoonist (Category: Breaking News)
- Media Freedom In Sri Lanka; Why Are Journalists’ Murder Investigations Being Avoided? (Category: Breaking News)
A UN special envoy arrived Friday for talks with the new administration in the Maldives, as former president Mohamed Nasheed called for fresh elections after being ousted in what he called a coup d'etat, AFP reported. Assistant Secretary General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco reached the capital Male early Friday and was due to hold talks with new president Mohamed Waheed. “There will be a meetin...
- Nasheed demands election, warns of protests (Category: Business)
- Nasheed Won’t Seek Asylum (Category: Breaking News)
- Arrest warrant issued for M. Nasheed ! President inquires about Nasheed’s safety (Category: Breaking News)
- New president denies Maldives coup (Category: Breaking News)
The extrajudicial killing of civilians, surrendering soldiers and dissident journalists under the direction of the Sri Lankan government has been alleged by a former general in the Army who was extremely well-placed to comment on military activity during the island nation’s bloody civil war. The source, whose name is withheld for reasons of safety, had high-level ...
- Sri Lankan govt gave orders to commit war crimes, new evidence shows — The International (Category: Breaking News)
- Time for a reality check on the Sri Lankan civil war (Category: Breaking News)
- Plaintiffs file opposition to suggestion of immunity in war crimes case against Rajapakse (Category: Breaking News)
- Cuba out voted at UN Human Rights Council over Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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- Road mishaps kill 223 schoolchildren in 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia slow Sri Lanka charge (Category: Breaking News)
- India Take On Sri Lanka In Asia Cup Today (Category: Breaking News)
- Thalaimannar IDPs 'made refugees again' (Category: Breaking News)
Media organisations in Sri Lanka have urged the authorities to investigate all recent attacks on media personnel and institutions. The watchdogs say they will stage a protest on 25 January in Colombo against a series of attacks against media personnel in recent years. It will especially mark “Black January” during which many prominent media personnel ...
- Media protest confined to Fort station compound (Category: Breaking News)
- Media groups to mark 'Black January' (Category: Breaking News)
- Pro-govt demonstration against media protest (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Navy denies another alleged attack on Indian fishermen (Category: Breaking News)
The newly elected president of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has once again has predicted that at least five years will be needed to resolve its financial crisis. Upali Dharmadasa, who was elected uncontested on 03 January, said the SLC will get a considerable amount of income from future tours of other Test playing nations by ...
- SLC hires former ICC Chief Lorgat as Special Adviser (Category: Business)
- Former Lanka cricket chief Thilanga wants his position back (Category: Business)
- SJB calls for sacking of SLC management (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa backs Sri Lankan cricketers’ pay dispute: Smith (Category: Business)
By Tisaranee Gunasekara “Nothing is closer to the law of the jungle than a system of distorted laws and procedures” Haaretz Editorial (2.1.2012) President Rajapaksa won the Eelam War, with the help of countless others (including the imprisoned Gen. Fonseka). In fairytales, the hero who saves a country from some deadly peril is rewarded with ...
- Rajapaksas have rendered the judiciary as subservient as the armed forces or the police (Category: Breaking News)
- UPFA MP Says Hakeem Will Lose (Category: Breaking News)
- We will create an education system that protects dignity of labour – President (Category: Breaking News)
- We will create an education system that protects dignity of labour – President (Category: Breaking News)
Below is an interview with Ambassador Dayan Jayatilleke published in the French Diplomatic Review – La Lettre Diplomatique (The Diplomatic Letter) Two years after the end of a three decades conflict, the lifting of the emergency rule in late August 2011 confirmed the beginning of a new era for Sri Lanka. With the recent discovery of ...
- France assures assistance to restructure Sri Lanka’s debt (Category: Breaking News)
- French President Emmanuel Macron pledges strong support for debt restructuring in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- France continues support for Sri Lanka’s renewable energy plans (Category: Breaking News)
BBC: Hoteliers in a popular tourist destination in Sri Lanka have accused a local politician of blackmailing them and demanding ransom from hotels at the peak of a tourism season. The Hikkaduwa Hoteliers Association (HHA) told BBC Sandeshaya that the town’s Mayor, Winnie Kariyawasam
- Mayor accused of blackmailing hoteliers (Category: Breaking News)
- Mayor for Hikkaduwa remanded for bribery charges (Category: Breaking News)
- Typhoid outbreak among Colombo city hotel workers (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourists desert Tangalle beach (Category: Breaking News)
“…by clever and persevering use of propaganda, even heaven can be represented as hell to the people, and conversely the most wretched life as paradise”. Hitler (Mein Kampf) By Tisaranee Gunasekara Impunity is illimitable. If the law was allowed to take its normal course after the Kolonnawa mini-war, the Christmas Eve murder of a ...
- Strong parliament vital to accelerate development (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist activities not affecting fishing industry Basil (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreigner killing - three arrested, wanted politician still at large (Category: Breaking News)
- New Year parties in hotels in Sri Lankas Southern city of Tangalle cancelled (Category: Breaking News)
More than 26,000 displaced people are yet to be allowed to resettle in their ancestral lands occupied by high security zones (HSZ) in Jaffna, according to Sri Lanka's main Tamil political party, the BBC reported. The BBC reported that the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has submitted a report
The BBC's Swaminathan Natarajan reports on escalating fears about a crackdown on media and political freedom in Sri Lanka.
Srilankamirror - The International Cricket Council (ICC) has said it is currently discussing with the international cricket players union to look for a solution to the non-payment of Sri Lanka player salaries. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has told the BBC Sinhala service in October that the players
- Chamara Silva called up as injury cover (Category: Breaking News)
- Anura Tennakoon to be replaced by Ranjith Fernando? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ashantha de Mel reappointed chief selector (Category: Breaking News)
- Thilanga comes down hard on Interim Committees (Category: Breaking News)
Colombo is beefing up security ahead of the delivery of the verdict in the controversial white flag case against former army commander General Sarath Fonseka. While there are reports that a key witness against Fonseka has fled the country in fear on a Cathay Pacific Flight bound for Hong Kong, police have also moved in a ...
- Verdict on white flag case against Sri Lanka's former Army Commander on Friday (Category: Breaking News)
- Verdict of Sri Lanka's white flag case tomorrow; main witness leaves country (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Supreme Court to hear former Army Commander's appeal against verdict (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Supreme Court names a five-judge bench to hear White Flag appeal next month (Category: Breaking News)
Following is the address delivered by Senior Minister for International Monetary Cooperation Dr. Sarath Amunugama at the fourth South Asia Economic Summit (SAES IV) Plenary Session: In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, there has been a noticeable shift in economic clout, moving from the USA and the debt-plagued countries of the Eurozone, to ...
- Asia Pacific trade and investment (Category: Business)
- Developing Asia’s growth to moderate amid global uncertainty, says ADB (Category: Business)
- Challenging times for Asia Pacific (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
During the Leaders’ Forum of the 36th session of the UNESCO General Conference held on 26th October this year, Prof. Tissa Vitarana, Senior Minister for Scientific Affairs, made a statement based on the theme of the discussion “How does UNESCO contribute to building a culture of peace and to sustainable development”. Speaking at a plenary ...
- Prof. Vitarana in UNESCO Leader’s Forum in Paris (Category: Breaking News)
- Kapilavastu Relics exposition from Aug 19 (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Technology Marketplace’ exhibition now on at BMICH (Category: Business)
- Time to reconvene APRC, says Tissa Vitarana (Category: Breaking News)
OCTOBER 17, 2011: Status: Not Free Legal Environment: 23 Political Environment: 30 Economic Environment: 18 Total Score: 71 Despite the end of the government’s long-running war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebel group in May 2009, media freedom remained restricted in Sri Lanka, with journalists subject to myriad forms of legal harassment and physical intimidation. Altho...
- Alarming Increase in hostile rhetoric, threats of reprisals against exiled journalists from Sri ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Media Freedom In Sri Lanka; Why Are Journalists’ Murder Investigations Being Avoided? (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan media gagged says RSF (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Sri Lanka’s government implement the LLRC recommendations? (Category: Breaking News)
Impunity lies at the heart of the Kolonnawa killings “A foul, dishonourable crew….” Giaccomo Leopardi (To Angelo Mai III) By Tisaranee Gunasekara In the Rajapaksa Security State, insecurity is the common condition of the rest of us… Impunity makes jungles out of civilised societies, where the big and the powerful prey on those smaller and ...
- President accedes to SLFP demand, replaces Duminda (Category: Breaking News)
- Duminda Silva to be arrested after SC suspends pardon (Category: Breaking News)
- UNP defector to the SLFP Kudu Duminda kills Bharatha (Category: Breaking News)
- Court rules pardoning of Duminda Silva was unconstitutional (Category: Breaking News)
British defence secretary Liam Fox is facing renewed political pressure after emails and video footage emerged appearing to contradict his explanation of his working relationship with a close friend, Adam Werritty. BBC reports that video revealed Mr. Werritty, who has no official role
- Adam Werrity breaks silence, speaks also about Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- 'Robust' pledge by new defence secretary Hammond (Category: Breaking News)
- Liam Fox quits as defence secretary (Category: Breaking News)
- Liam Fox’s Sri Lanka Development Fund questioned (Category: Breaking News)
The plantation sector in Sri Lanka is “in turmoil” as a result of the recent hike in workers’ salaries, tea traders say. Jayantha Keragala, the chairman of Ceylon Tea Traders Association (CTTA) has told BBC Sandeshaya that the industry is not faced with an immediate crisis due
- Dust tea exporter arrested by CID (Category: Breaking News)
- e-sale of tea waste, packaged tea (Category: Business)
- A daily cup of tea, for a healthy heart and body (Category: Business)
- More dust tea seized from Galle (Category: Breaking News)
An effort made to harm the reputation of Sri Lanka using the Channel 4 documentary has failed. Sri Lanka was cleared of the allegations at a meeting held to raise awareness amongst all member countries of the UN regarding the Channel 4 documentary. The conspirators were made speechless by the answers offered by Sri Lanka. ...
- UN implies Ban's visit distorted by Channel 4 (Category: Breaking News)
- New video emerges (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4 commissions second SL documentary (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka says Channel 4 documentary is a vicious campaign against the country (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has sought financial help from the government and state banks. SLC treasurer Sujeewa Rajapakse told the BBC that the board has sought a grant from the two bodies. .
By Tisaranee Gunasekara Nazism offered….a society that had been scarred by deep divisions…a sense of lofty purpose, almost a national mission….” — Michael Burleigh (The Third Reich – A New History) Barring a last-minute judicial-intervention, the Rajapaksa plan to make ‘leadership training’ by army officers mandatory for all university-entrants will become a reality, this month. ...
- On A Material And Moral Slippery-Slope (Category: Breaking News)
- Fall of Fonseka indicates that Rajapaksas cannot be beaten at their own game (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksa siblings planning to nullify 13th Amendment and debase parliamentary sovereignty (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksas are adept at using an amalgam of sticks and carrots (Category: Breaking News)
By Tisaranee Gunasekara “The illusion of destiny extracts a remarkably heavy price”. — Amartya Sen (Identity and Violence) The mysterious leaking in Colombo of the Darusman (UN) Report was accompanied by a carefully choreographed outbreak of patriotic-hysteria. The President, in...
- Why did the the Rajapaksas lie to the people of Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Darusman panel report criticizes Sri Lankan administration for the way in which the war against ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Warm welcome for war crimes agenda architect (Category: Breaking News)
- World amazed over Darusman’s Most Disciplined Certificate handed in to the LTTE (Category: Breaking News)
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