Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma The Patriotic Sri Lankans gathered at Radisson Hotel at Toronto on 25th of May for the inaugural meeting of Global Sri Lankan Forum. The meeting hall was decorated with Sri Lankan and Canadian flags all over the room, which expressed the true nationalist and patriotic sprit of the Forum. […]
Reuters – By Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon dismissed on Tuesday objections by Sri Lanka to his plan to establish a panel to look into possible human rights abuses there and said he would set it up without delay. Ban told a news conference he was within his rights to […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP)—Sri Lanka has imposed a temporary ban on its cricketers playing in foreign leagues to help it select a squad for next year’s World Cup, an official said Monday. Brian Thomas, Sri Lanka Cricket media manager, said the ban affected 76 players, who are set to be sent away to a camp […]
Six people have died in a motor accident that occurred at Kirivawula area in Kurunegala today (27th) morning says our reporter at Kurunegala. A van from Uhumiya in Kurunegala carrying a group returning from a tour in Jaffna and a lorry transporting manure to Batticaloa have crashed head on at 6.00 a.m. today. […]
Noting that human rights is an essential element of Sri Lanka’s future, US has said that the Rajapaksa Government should use the post-LTTE situation to establish a new dynamic relationship with its people. “We’ve stressed in Sri Lanka many times, there’s an important opportunity here to change its relations with its population and subgroups within […]
MAHINDA’ -a book on the early years of President Mahinda Rajapaksa by Muthu Padmakumara, was launched at the Hilton Colombo on Monday, June 21. The biography published by Sarasavi Publishers depicts the early years of President Rajapaksa up to his assumption of duties as the Executive President of the country. ‘MAHINDA’ provides an insight to […]
Interpol Headquarters in France has issued a Red Notice for the arrest of Chandima Anil Withanaarachchi, operator of Lankanewsweb.com, for ‘counterfeiting/forgery’. According to investigations carried out by the CID, Withanaarachchi, a lawyer has fled the country with his wife after several of his fraudulent activities had come to light. […]
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka Thursday trashed “insulting” EU demands that it make a written undertaking to improve its human rights record in exchange for trade benefits. Government spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said Colombo also rejected a July 1 deadline issued by the European Union to agree to a host of other conditions to qualify for […]
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka accused the United Nations on Wednesday of a “hidden agenda” behind its plans to investigate alleged human rights abuses by soldiers in the final months of the island’s savage civil war. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s appointment of a panel to advise on any violations of international human rights was “an […]
22 June 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed a panel of experts to advise him on accountability issues relating to alleged violations of international human rights and humanitarian law during the final stages of the conflict in Sri Lanka that ended last year. The three-member panel will advise Mr. Ban on implementing the commitment […]
June 21, 2010: We should not think about our personal aspirations and not work for mere political aims, says parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa. As a country with a strong political environment the aim of all of us should be to develop the country for our future generation, he said addressing a function in the Ambalangoda area, […]
June 20, 2010: The Minister of Co-Operatives and Internal Trade, Johnston Fernando announced that the price of milk powder had been increased with effect from midnight yesterday. This was announced at a media briefing held yesterday. “The price of milk powder has increased in the world market. Companies have been requesting for an increase in […]
June 18, 2010: All parliamentarians received invitations for the heroes day celebration, but not General Sarath Fonseka, the person responsible for the victory. Is it ethical, asks parliamentarian Rosy Senanayake. Ms. Senanayake, the UNP MP, expressed this view at a meeting held in the Kosgama area in Awissawella yesterday. […]
Japanese peace envoy Yasushi Akashi said “It is not for other governments or international organisations to dictate to Sri Lanka as to what it should be doing in the highly complicated and sensitive area of post war reconciliation.” Sri Lanka has to design its own, reconciliation program but it has the wisdom in benefiting from […]