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– By Walter Jayawardhana – The younger brother of jailed hedge fund manager Sri Lankan born Raja Rajaratnam has been charged by US prosecutors with conspiring in an insider trading scheme to cheat on Wall Street to earn nearly $1.2 million illegally. […]

Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said yesterday that the strong statement issued by India at the UN Council session raising accountability issues at war came both as a surprise and a big disappointment. […]

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) yesterday adopted the second US sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka, titled ‘Promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka’, at the conclusion of the 22nd sessions in Geneva. It was sponsored by 41 countries. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – NEW DELHI: In a bid to placate departing ally, DMK, the UPA government played out a farce at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), whereby India moved seven amendments to a US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka, and all of which were duly rejected by the US. In the end, […]

Ven. Dr. Bhadant Rahula Bodhi Maha Thero, Jt. Co – ordinator of the Indo-Sri Lanka Buddhist Network, has issued a statement addressed to Indian Cabinet Ministers and Members of the Lok and Rajya Sabhas stating that at this important juncture ‘ we should feel that our great India should stand for the unity, solidarity and […]

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s former army chief, who led the military to victory at the end of a three-decade conflict against Tamil Tiger rebels, has said he is ready to face questions about allegations of war crimes. […]

The vote on the US-sponsored United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on Sri Lanka will be held today (March 21) in Geneva. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials on Wednesday raised concerns over the safety of its national players who would be taking part in the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 tournament starting next month following the recent spate of attacks against Sri Lankans in Tamil Nadu. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – KOLKATA: UPA’s estranged ally Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sprang a surprise by promising to support the Centre on whatever stand it took on Sri Lankan Tamils issue at the UNHRC. […]

– By Walter Jayawardhana – If a resolution is passed by the Indian parliament accusing Sri Lanka army of war crimes or genocide on the lines proposed by DMK Supremo Karunanidhi because of his threat to leave government that could be considered black mail and a positive reaction to that could be a bad precedent […]

– By Walter Jayawardhana – The Times of India in a hard hitting editorial written on the threat of walk out by the Indian Central government’s coalition ally the DMK on the issue of alleged human rights violations by Sri Lanka questioned where it was slumbering when the violations were actually committed. […]

– By Walter Jayawardhana – In the main editorial that entitled, “The DMK can’t dictate the nation’s foreign policy” the Pioneer newspaper of New Delhi in no uncertain terms said that the party’s leader instead of doing something constructive to help the Sri Lankan Tamils has taken to grandstanding, marching his party out of the […]

The Sri Lankan government decided to reject the final draft of a US resolution submitted at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and seek a vote among members, the external affairs ministry said Wednesday. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – Sinhala Ravaya, a Sinhalese Buddhist pressure group, on Tuesday staged a march to the Indian High Commission in Colombo to protest the repeated attacks against Buddhist monks in Tamil Nadu. […]

The Government of Sri Lanka whilst condemning  assaults on Sri Lankan nationals in Tamil Nadu, India requests Sri Lankan nationals to exercise caution when undertaking visits to the State of Tamil Nadu in India. […]

– 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 […]