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Sri Lanka Red Cross Society ready to accept Captain Ali relief items

The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society today said that they are ready to accept the essential items carried by the controversial "Captain Ali" vessel to distribute among the Internally Displaced Persons in the North.

Tamils' transit to Australia, 'land of freedom'

Among the 100,000 refugees in Malaysia, many Sri Lankans are ready to risk all on a clandestine voyage into the Indian Ocean, writes Tom Allard in Kuala Lumpur....

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New tourism minister sees no issue with 13th Amendment

The newly appointed tourism minister Nandana Gunatilake, from the NFF, says he sees no issue with regard to the 13th amendment to the constitution....

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DAYAN JAYATILLAKE ARGUES THE CASE FOR SEPARATISM

by L. Jayasooriya In an article in the Daily News of Friday July 03, 2009 Dayan Jayatillake says “One of the silliest arguments against the implementation of the 13th Amendment is that it is a stepping-stone to or somehow related to the Tamil separatist cause”. ...

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Sri Lanka President to attend NAM in Egypt

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa will leave for Egypt next week to attend the 15th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit....

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Sri Lanka Red Cross Society ready to accept Captain Ali relief items

Tamils' transit to Australia, 'land of freedom'

Among the 100,000 refugees in Malaysia, many Sri Lankans are ready to risk all on a clandestine voyage into the Indian Ocean, writes Tom Allard in Kuala Lumpur.

New tourism minister sees no issue with 13th Amendment

The newly appointed tourism minister Nandana Gunatilake, from the NFF, says he sees no issue with regard to the 13th amendment to the constitution.

DAYAN JAYATILLAKE ARGUES THE CASE FOR SEPARATISM

Sri Lanka President to attend NAM in Egypt

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa will leave for Egypt next week to attend the 15th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa tells all parties it is time to focus on equality

Chairing the inaugural session of a committee for development and reconciliation, president Mahinda Rajapaksa today (Jul. 02) called for unity among all political parties as one team of patriots.

U.S. Embassy fabricates non-existent political violence in Sri Lanka: To benefit its diplomats wallets

The June 26 ‘Travel Warning’ issued by the United States Department of State, a highly fabricated internal political violence and crime and safety report on Sri Lanka, has dual effect: The report justifies the earlier State Department-classified “Hardship and Dangerous” category to which the Colombo American Embassy and its Foreign Service Officers were listed for the continued 20% additional special pay increase. And the other, the adverse effect Sri Lanka will face worldwide on her drive to get investors to the island for feasibility studies, the much needed investments and the promotion of her tourism industry.

JVP calls for early resettlement of IDPs

The JVP today called on the government to pay extra attention to displaced persons in the camps in Vavuniya after claiming that they were lacking facilities.

New Ministers sworn in for Sri Lanka Cabinet

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa swore in two new Ministers to the Cabinet Thursday evening at the Temple Trees.

MK gives up on Tamil Eelam

CHENNAI: Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Wednesday said that a separate Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka was not feasible in prevailing situation. “We can only fight for equal rights and devolution of powers for Tamils and equal status for Tamil language,” he said in the Assembly.

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