When a country not just votes for Sri Lanka against the tides but goes the extra mile to eloquently deliver a speech giving reasons why they are voting against the US sponsored Resolution, that country and in particular the head of that delegation needs to be thanked and felicitated far before thanking nations that abstained […]
Lakshman Hulugalle, the former Director General of Media Center for National Security who was removed from his posts under controversial circumstances was prevented from receiving a diplomatic posting when a minister opposed the move at the last week’s cabinet meeting, a government source said. […]
Sri Lanka will not cooperate with the proposed war crimes investigation undertaken by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, though the government remains committed to work with the United Nations as well as other international agencies, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). […]
Immediately following the end of World War 2 the Allied Troops carried out a policy of Denazification. The objective was to totally eliminate any ideology associated with Nazism and to ensure Germany would never destroy European peace. Denazification of Germany began in 1946 and ended only in 1958. US, UK, France and Russia occupied […]
Naval troops attached to SLNS Thambapanni of the North Western Naval Command arrested 04 persons with 15 kilograms of cannabis and a shot gun (Made in Sri Lanka) at the Nugawala Junction in Puttalam on 05th April 2014. The suspects and the arrested items will be handed over to Kobeigane Police for legal action. […]
Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, said the Army is stationed in the North, in order to prevent another militant uprising and to serve the civilians affected by the war.Rajapaksa was speaking at an event in Keppapilavu in the Mullaitivu District where 101 houses built by the army personnel were […]
Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law, Mr. K. Shanmugam, during a meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the President’s Office this evening, called on countries to engage constructively with Sri Lanka and look to the future rather than dwell on the past. […]
An article titled ‘Church’s Perseverance in Sri Lanka pays off’ written by Anto Akkara claims that the UN has decided to investigate possible war crimes because of a request made by the Sri Lankan Catholic Church. The writer perhaps is unaware of the ties between the LTTE and the Church over the years. Now that […]
LTTE and 15 other LTTE fronts have been banned by the GOSL under UN Security Council Resolution 1373 w.e.f 1st April 2014. The order signed by External Affairs Minister Prof. GL Pieris based on recommendations by the Secretary Ministry of Defence and Urban Development as the Competent Authority will hereafter regard persons, groups and entities […]
Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya yesterday said anyone including former army commander and leader of the Democratic Party Gen. Sarath Fonseka, whose name was on the revised valid voters’ registry could enjoy his or her franchise at elections, but whether he or she could contest a general or presidential election would be decided at the time […]
The government yesterday signed an order designating 16 organisations functioning as terrorist fronts on foreign soil and freezing all assets and economic resources of these entities. External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris signed the proscription order on the recommendation of Defence and Urban Development Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. […]
