Category: Local News

– By Shenali Waduge – We are baffled. How can a country which has a population of 1.2BILLION people continue to fall at the feet of political parties passing the pillow of power between them in the state of Tamil Nadu which has a population of 72million Tamils which is just 6% of the entire […]

– By Shenali Waduge – Tamils in India want a Tamil homeland, Tamils in Malaysia are also voicing similar sentiments, the LTTE Diaspora and TNA in Sri Lanka want a Tamil homeland and probably with time Tamils in Canada and Tamils in the UK may also start joining in the chorus. […]

– By Walter Jayawardhana – The Hindu in an editorial protested extremist outfits without any popular base have started carrying out violent attacks on Sri Lankan students, offices and Buddhist monks. The editorial reiterated that the “the mindless violence of some of the fringe Tamil outfits is putting at risk India’s own moral authority to […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – The Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Southern India has written to the State government asking for increased security to be given to Sri Lankan people and establishments in the city. […]

NEW DELHI: The DMK on Tuesday pulled out of the UPA government over the issue of allehed human rights’ violations of Sri Lankan Tamils. […]

– By Shenali Waduge – With the UN Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva currently taking place it is a perfect time to explore India’s end of the bargain vis a vis the plebiscite promised for Kashmir to decide its right to self-determination. Kashmir’s fate has been lying in the hands of India for over […]

Washington: The US is going ahead with its resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva as the Rajapaksa government has failed to fulfill its international obligations, which it promised after the fall of the LTTE, the Obama Administration said. […]

A Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka was assaulted by three unidentified persons on board the Tamil Nadu Express, just as it arrived at Chennai Central Railway Station on Monday. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – NEW DELHI: The resolution in the UN Human Rights Council against Sri Lanka is “uncalled for” and the international community should not get involved in the country, Sri Lanka high commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam said on Monday. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – DMK President M. Karunanidhi on Sunday issued a final warning to Congress-led UPA Government saying that the DMK would certainly leave the alliance if India fails to take steps to incorporate suitable amendments to the draft resolution to be placed before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). […]

By Janaka Alahapperuma – (Pix by: Sudath Silva) Sri Lanka’s second airport, Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA), ceremoniously declared open today on 18 March at 10.54 am by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – BEIJING: Newly-elected Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday offered his support in protecting Sri Lanka’s national sovereignty, hinting at Beijing’s backing to stave off a US-backed resolution against the country at UN Human Rights Council. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – Away from the current political turmoil, in the quiet hills of Sri Lanka, plans are afoot to build a temple for goddess Sita at Divurumpola, near Nuwara-Eliya, a place believed to be associated with the Ramayana. […]

There are no suitable words to condemn the manner in which India has stooped to such low depths as to attack a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk visiting a temple.

Exclusive interview by Janaka Alahapperuma from London The Hambantota Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) is Sri Lanka’s second international airport, with its wondrous new sky gate which has currently finished in its 1st phase. The official opening to the nation will be on 18 March 2013. I had a very rare opportunity to talk directly to […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – COLOMBO: Sri Lankan immigration authorities have deported a British national who had arrived on holiday to the island. […]