The government will abolish the telegram service in the country from October this year as telecommunication facilities have reached over 95 percent of the population. The Telecommunication and Information Technology Ministry jointly with the Department of Posts took this decision as the number of persons using this service has seen a sharp drop during the […]
– by Shenali D Waduge – pix by Reuters The UN Human Rights head is now in Sri Lanka and visiting the country’s North to see for herself the developments since the fall of the LTTE. Much prominence has been given to her meeting with a Mahaveer widow. Leaving aside that her ‘missing’ husband is […]
– by Shenali D Waduge – Ms. Navanethem “Navi” Pillay has impressive credentials. A South African of Indian Tamil origin, she is the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. She was also the first non-white woman on the High Court of South Africa, and she has also served as a judge of the […]
– by Shenali D Waduge – It is not difficult to conclude that Western imperial powers are mapping out their war master plan for economic and political domination across regions. They are openly and covertly interfering in domestic affairs, they are now even openly arming opposition groups, their motive is to destabalize governments that […]
Sri Lanka and Belarus today agreed to establish an inter-parliamentary association to ensure cooperation between the Parliaments of the two countries. Such an agreement was reached with several objectives: To enhance mutual understanding in political, economic and social sectors; to ensure mutual cooperation in international fora; and to further cooperation in economic, trade and business […]
Sri Lanka and Belarus agreed to enhance cooperation in a number of sectors, including economic, trade, investment, education and technology. The agreement was reached during bilateral discussions between President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko this afternoon at the official residence of President Lukashenko. […]
– by Shenali D Waduge – What or who gave the right to terrorists and their movements to plan, execute and eliminate people? What or who gave terrorists rights when they are not signatory or bound by the international laws that prevail? Who gave terrorists any right to declare war on nations and with […]
The UN’s human rights commissioner has arrived in Sri Lanka on a fact-finding mission after the government said she could visit former conflict zones. As part of her week-long visit, Navi Pillay is due to travel to former war zones in the north and east. She is also expected to hold talks with Sri Lankan […]