Six former Army personnel who were indicted over an incident where 24 Tamil civilians were killed in a crossfire with the LTTE Tamil terrorists in 1996, were acquitted of all charges by Anuradhapura High Court Judge yesterday.

The Jury consisting …

(By Courtesy of Asian Tribune)

By Dr Mathias Keitel, Tubingen, Germany.

My recent visit to Sri Lanka, the country that I love most, fills me with dark foreboding as its vital interests are being systematically compromised by its buccaneering Foreign …

(By Courtesy iof The Island)

By Shamindra Ferdinando

Transparency International (Sri Lanka Chapter) representative Shan Wijetunga yesterday said that it would be the responsibility of the Attorney General to prevent a Bill being presented in parliament contrary to any other …

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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