Courtesy of Asian Tribune 

By S. Akurugoda

As per a Information Note Circulated by Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Prime Minister has appointed a Secretariat to seek the views of the public on so-called process and mechanisms for reconciliation in Sri Lanka and …

By Neville Ladduwahetty

The United Nations General Assembly by Resolution 60/251 setup the Human Rights Council in April 2006. Article 1 of the above Resolution states that the decision to establish a Human Rights Council based in Geneva was to …

The Office of Missing Persons Bill has many provisions designed to persecute our armed forces and following are some of them;

1.     The Office of Missing Persons will not be a part of Sri Lanka’s State law enforcement and justice …

By RANJITH SOYSA

The Canadian Prime Minister issued a statement on Sri Lanka on 18^th May 2016 and stated that he had met a number of victims of war in Sri Lanka and he understands the unfortunate and bleak …

The so called Consultation Taskforce appointed by government is dodging with its deadline to provide the proposal by the public. Highly controversial and biased Taskforce headed by Manouri Muttetuwegama and pro-LTTE Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu who is acting as Secretary to the …

by Prof. S.Ranwella

Nagadipa or Naka-diva was the ancient name of the Jaffna peninsula. It is first mentioned in the Pali chronicles of Ceylon in connection with the story of the Buddha’s second visit to Sri Lanka in the 6th …

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Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today charged that the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) Bill has many provisions designed to persecute armed forces personnel.

Issuing a statement, he said if the draft legislation becomes a law, every Member of Parliament who …

War crimes

By Shamindra Ferdinando

About three weeks before the Army had breached LTTE defences on the Vanni east front, to rescue over 100,000 Tamils, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (R/HC) in wartime Sri Lanka, Neil Bhune, estimated the …