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Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) could revisit resolution 30/1 titled ‘Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka’ top UN official said on Wednesday.

The US resolution, co-sponsored by Sri Lanka was adopted …

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Global Sri Lanka Forum (GSLF) delegates with Lord Naseby. From left: Prasanga Jayamanna, Lord Nesbey, Dr. Ivan Amarasinghe and Jayaraj Palihawadana.

The Global Sri Lanka Forum (GSLF) has been assured by Lord Naseby of his continued …

A member of Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) leading in wheelchair marathon at the 20th army para games 2017 at the Diyagama stadium on Friday, the final day of 20th games. The army launched the games at the height of …

The United Kingdom branch of the Global Sri Lankan Forum, GSLF-UK has arranged an awareness workshop session about the separatist’s federal constitution in Glasgow, Scotland on 25th Nov. 2017. The event has been jointly organized with “Rana Viru Fund” – …

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Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Asia invited war-winning Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa for dinner on the night of Nov 17, the day after the opening of its Colombo hotel by President Maithripala Sirisena.

Shangri-La Chairperson, Kuok Hui Kwong, …

සංහිඳියාව වෙනුවෙන් බොහෝ විහිළු වැඩකරන රටක අලුත්ම සුපිරි විහිළුව වී ඇත්තේ “විරු සැමරුම්ය” ඒ, දකුණේ නොව උතුරේය. 1976 වඩුක්‌කොඩෙයි සමුළුවෙන් පටන්ගෙන ඒ සමුළුවද ඉක්‌මවා ගොස්‌ රට ලේ විලක්‌ කළ කෲරතර ත්‍රස්‌ත නායකයකු සහ ඒ සහපිරිවර සැමරීම මේ විරු සැමරුම්වල ඉලක්‌කය …

(The Editorial The Island -November 29, 2017)

Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana would have us believe the government is planning to make use of Lord Naseby’s statement contradicting UN figures as regards the number of people killed in the Vanni, when …

Pro-LTTETamil terrorist’s students of the Eastern University has attacked Sinhala undergraduates in the University because Sinhala students has opposed to the ceremony organized  to mark the LTTE Tamil Terrorist leader Prabakaran’s birthday  at the university premises.

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අද ලෝකයේ සෑම රටකම ස්‌වාධීන රාජ්‍යයන් ඉල්ලා නොයෙක්‌ ජනවර්ග සටන් කරනු අපට පෙනේ. ස්‌පාඤ්ඤයේ කැටලෝනියාවේ සිදුවූයේ ද, ඉතියෝපියාවේ එරිත්‍රියා රාජ්‍ය කුඩා රටක්‌ වූවා මෙන්ම, ඉන්දුනීසියාවේ රාජ්‍යයන් වෙන් වුයේ මෙසේය. ඉන්දියාව බලෙන් මෙන් කාෂ්මීරය රඳවාගෙන සිටී. එය කොයි මොහොතේ කැඩී වෙන්වේ …

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Following Sri Lanka’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) held at the Human Rights Councils in Geneva on the 15th of November 2017, and the adoption of its Report on the 24th, a draft outcome document called “Draft report …