HANDS OFF SRI LANKA !

More than 3000 Sri Lankans residing in the foreign countries conducted  the Protest  in front of United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva on 19.03.2012 at 07.00 pm Sri Lanka time. […]



Colombo to be turned into a world class city

The ongoing development would see Colombo being transformed into a world-class city, that could be the centerpiece of Sri Lanka’s economic revival. At the same time, the government would also develop cities and towns in the rest of the country, Defence and Urban Development Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said yesterday. […]



US resolution likely to be deferred – Ranil

The government was negotiating with the US on the resolution at the UNHRC calling for accountability and reconciliation issues in Sri Lanka and it might not be put to vote this week, UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe told the UNP parliamentary group meeting in Colombo, according to party sources. […]



Two monks murdered at Kotte

Two Buddhist monks of the Kotte Rajamaha Viharaya were murdered by unidentified gang inside the Rajamaha Viharaya, Kotte, a short while ago, Police said. The two monks were identified as Ven.Pitigala Jinasiri thero and Borelasgamuwe Gunarathana thero. […]






Sunanda Deshapriya arrested for attempting to sabotage Geneva protest

Sri Lankans in Europe have staged a massive protest against Geneva conspiracies against the motherland. Sunanda Deshapriya who attempted to sabotage the protest on behalf of the tigers is in Police custody.Srimal Pathiraja reporting from Geneva said that this is considered as a major victory achieved by Sri Lanka. More than 10,000 Sri Lankans have […]




A SUBMISSION TO UNHRC- OBSERVE RULES OF NATURAL JUSTICE; A SUBMISSION BY A TAMIL CITIZEN OF SRI LANKA

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 […]



India to suppport US resolution

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. […]






Army tells Channel 4, NGOs and Tamil Diaspora : ‘Present allegations to LLRC with evidence’

‘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 […]



JOINT STATEMENT BY THE WORKING PROFESSIONALS AND TRADE UNION MEMBERS IN SRI LANKA

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. […]