Category: Local News

Sri Lanka War Crimes allegations can hold water only if the accusers can name the dead

The efforts to bring down the curtain to the investigation on Sri Lanka will be to pin the argument of command responsibility thus enabling key heads already named to be indicted for war crimes, crimes against humanity and so forth. Nevertheless, for any war crime allegations to hold water there must first be bodies of […]



Mihintale PS budget defeated

The 2015 Budget of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) administered Mihintale Pradeshiya Sabha (PS) was defeated by a majority of one vote. […]




Who wants to celebrate Velupillai Prabakaran’s birthday?

It is a natural feeling for those that lived off the LTTE and those that lived because of the LTTE to mourn the death of Prabakaran and celebrate his birthday which falls on 27 November. But, what about those that died because of Prabakaran and his killer machine? While the UNHRC is carrying out a […]



President Rajapaksa Calls on SAARC Nations to Join Forces Against External Threats

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has called on all SAARC countries to join forces against external threats. “While SAARC practice has been to abstain from involvement in bilateral issues of a political nature, we must resist external manipulations,” President Rajapaksa said. “It would be morally in keeping with the SAARC spirit to join forces against external threats […]








Sri Lanka Presidential Elections 2015: Voters’ Questions for the Candidates to Answer

A very non-partisan set of questions and suggestions is being placed for voters to put a perspective on matters and generate discussion and thinking ahead of casting their vote and before campaigns start. What the people must at all times be concerned about is that 5 years after the armed forces gave us a victory […]




UPFA MP P. Rajadurai to join UNP

UPFA Nuwara-Eliya district Parliamentarian Perumal Rajadurai said that he will join the UNP. He made the observation at a press conference in Colombo, a short while ago. […]





Vote for anyone except Rajapaksa – JVP

Revealing their stance on the forthcoming Presidential Election, Sri Lanka’s Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today stated that it has no conditions with any of the candidates, however urged the public to vote for any candidate of their choice, except President Mahinda Rajapaksa. […]