Sunday, 10 Sep 2023
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By Ananth Palakidnar
Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris accompanied by Minister of Justice Ali Sabry and Additional Solicitor General Nerin Pulle and Secretary, Foreign Ministry Admiral Jayanath Colombage had extensive meetings with countries represented in the United Nations Human Rights Council and outlined the measures adopted to improve the human rights situation in Sri Lanka....
Foreign Minister tells India
Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris who was on a two-day official visit to New Delhi said that Sri Lanka was looking forward to addressing the Sri Lankan Tamil issues through a new Constitution being drafted by Constitutional experts in the country. Prof. Peiris said any solution to the issue should be implementable on the ground and it will have to be backed by a national...
Northern fisherfolk staged a protest on Friday, January 21 calling for the adoption of measures to prevent Indian fishermen from infiltrating into the Northern waters.
Hundreds of people from various fisher associations in the Northern Province participated in the protest in Karainagar on Friday morning carrying banners and placards calling on the Sri Lankan and the...
Post-terrorism development initiated by China in the Northern Province will not cause harm to India, said Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong.
“It is meaningless to say that Chinese involvement in the North is a threat to India,” he said. The Chinese Ambassador was on a three-day tour of the Northern Province last week, where he inquired about the development initiated by...
Intrusion by Indian fishing trawlers
Northern fisherfolk staged a mass protest in Jaffna on Friday against the intrusion of Indian fishing trawlers into the Northern waters depriving the fisherfolk of their livelihood.
A large number of Jaffna fishermen holding banners and placards chanted slogans condemning the intrusion of Indian fishing boats into the fishing areas in the North. The protest was staged...
By Ananth Palakidnar
Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda has made a fervent appeal to Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar to stop...
The Foreign Ministry is coordinating with the Sri Lanka embassy in Russia to ensure the safety of Sri Lanka students following...
Indian fishermen infiltrating Northern waters
Hundreds of fishermen staged a demonstration against Indian fishermen on Friday in Jaffna. They surrounded the District...
Over six-hundred Sri Lankan refugees from the North and the East living in Tamil Nadu staged a demonstration demanding houses on...
Sumanthiran castigates Sampanthan
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) spokesman Parliamentarian M. A. Sumanthiran, pointing out the disunity in the TNA, said that it was...
Former Northern Province Governor and SLPP Parliamentarian Dr. Suren Ragavan has welcomed the enthusiasm expressed by President...
Ceylon Workers Congress Vice President Senthil Thondaman said that upcountry estate workers were vulnerable to contract Covid-19...
A 36-year-old German citizen of Sri Lankan origin died in the flash floods that swept through several parts of Europe recently....
A replantation surgery was carried out successfully by Dr. Illanchelian Pallavan by surgically fixing back a hand of a man...
A special Police team attached to the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) had grilled the leader of the Siva Sena Movement,...
The historic Nagabooshani Amman Hindu temple annual festival which was due to commence on Friday (11) and continue for fifteen...
Security was tightened in various parts of the Northern Province, particularly in the Mullaitivu district to prevent any form of...
The Army has constructed 740 houses for people in the North since the end of the battle against LTTE terrorism more than a decade...
Issue over ‘LTTE police uniforms’
Jaffna Mayor V. Manivannan who was taken into custody on the allegation of attempting to revamp the now defunct Liberation Tigers...