NEW YORK: President Mahinda Rajapaksa and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key held discussions this morning in New York. In a cordial conversation, the two leaders talked about a number of topics, including the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 that will take place in Colombo in a little more than a month. […]
FILE PHOTO Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha told the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday (25 September 2013) “Sri Lanka strongly repudiates the High Commissioner’s assertion that if certain concerns are not comprehensively addressed before March 2014, she believes the international community will have a duty to establish […]
(Reuters) – Four years after it crushed a long separatist rebellion, Sri Lanka may be sliding towards an authoritarian system as President Mahinda Rajapaksa gathers power around him, the U.N. human rights chief said on Wednesday. The report by Navi Pillay, said the largely Buddhist South Asian state was also seeing a surge of violence […]
– by Shenali D Waduge – When countries are eyed to serve the self-interests of a handful of ‘civilized’ nations they know the perfect medicine to ensure these targeted nations are brought to their knees. The break-up of Yugoslavia serves as a catalyst for why Sri Lanka needs to be alert at all times. […]
It is disturbing to observe the trend within the international arena of some countries interfering in the internal affairs of developing nations under the guise of security and human rights, President Mahinda Rajapaksa stated while addressing the United Nations a short while ago. […]
FILE PHOTO – Mr. Lalith Weeratunga is on a Twitter Q&A session President Mahinda Rajapaksa will answer questions on a Twitter Q&A from New York following his address at the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). President Rajapaksa is scheduled to deliver his address on the afternoon of Sept. 24. The Twitter […]
Douglas Devananda, Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development and Secretary General of the EPDP said that the Tamil National Alliance having accepted the mandate received from the people at the Northern Provincial Council election should honour the promises made to the Tamil speaking people, and in such an event he too is agreeable […]
– by Shenali D Waduge – Those who sold the idea to host CHOGM in Sri Lanka marketing the virtues of holding chairmanship of the Commonwealth, its values, the prestige, the pomp and pageantry, the arrival of VVIPs and other dignitaries forgot or ignored one important fact. The lobbying did not come without strings and […]
– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix By: Sudath Silva – President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in New York on 22 September (yesterday) to participate in the 68th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Session. He was warmly welcomed by UN Sri Lankan representative Dr. Palitha Kohona, his Deputy Major General Shavendra Silva, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to […]