By Dr. Telli C Rajaratnam UN & ITS ROLE One of the magnificent achievements of the UN has been the transformation that has taken place in global opinion on the relationship that should obtain between the governing and the governed, between the government and the citizen. It was on the basis of the moral authority […]
New Delhi: In a victory for the DMK and the AIADMK, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that the government intended to vote in favour of the US-led resolution against Sri lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), but the final draft of the resolution was awaited. […]
The games have begun at the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva. More significant than the US resolution against Sri Lanka is the methods being used to target a tiny nation in South Asia. Middle East conquest by US and its cohorts is almost over; the next region will be Asia. Maldives was one […]
‘Channel Four should present the allegations they make against Sri Lanka Army with evidence to the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) instead of dramatizing their old video clips taken from open sources of pro-LTTE websites’, the Sri Lanka Army yesterday said. “NGO activists,such as, Pakiasothy Sarawanamuttu, Sunila Abeysekara, Nimalka Fernando and Sunanda Deshapriya from […]
15 MARCH 2012 Your Excellency, It is regrettable that a section of the international community led by the United States of America, United Kingdom, and the European Union have initiated a national sovereignty eroding resolution against Sri Lanka during the current Nineteenth session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva. […]
Onlanka News – Press Release by Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Nimal Navaratne) Hundreds of peace loving Sri Lankan expatriates converged outside the American Embassy in London on Sunday 11 March to protest against the United States sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. […]
Onlanka News – By Dr.Telli C Rajaratnam GOVERNMENT + TAMIL, MUSLIM & SINHALA CIVILIANS VS. TAMIL POLITICIANS (NORTH EAST) + TAMIL MILITANTS + NGO+OPPOSITION ARE THE DOUBLE TONGUED EX-MILITANT TAMILS THE CAUSE FOR SRI LANKA’S EMBARRASSMENT AT THE UNHRC? It is trite learning that the devil himself knows not the thought of man. The Human […]
COLOMBO, March 15 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka said it plans to auction new oil exploration blocks in the western Mannar basin and the northern Cauvery basin by mid-year, after finishing talks with India’s state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (BSE: CORPBANK.BO – news) on exploration rights. […]
“President Mahinda Rajapaksa told the Cabinet of ministers that no matter what happens in Geneva, we have to speedily solve problems of the Tamil people and upgrade their living standards. Sri Lanka is ready to face any situation arising in the future,” Economic Development Deputy Minister and acting Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said. […]
(Onlanka News) – The demonstration was organzed by the National Organization for Protecting the Country and a peaceful foot proceeded with large crowds commenced from Independence Squar at 9.00 a.m proceeded via Bauddhaloka Mawatha,Thummulla, Bambalapitiya up to Kollupitiya. […]