By Malinda Seneviratne

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein is upset with the Government of Sri Lanka. He said, ‘The Government has refused point blank to cooperate with the investigation (into allegations of human rights …

Poppy Day November 11 this year will mark the 100^th anniversary of the end of the First World War.   I recall over 50 years ago during our school days our teachers told us to observe two minutes silence at …

As reported in the Island Newspaper a few days ago, JHU President, Ven. Omalpe Sobitha thero has donated 100 cows to Tamils in Jaffna stating that it is to build goodwill between North and the South.

No doubt that it …

UNHRC and its head have been thrown off balance. OISL investigation is being questioned and rightly so when a LTTE is arrested with blank UNHRC war crimes submission forms with signatures. Pre-emptive strategies are taking place to shift the focus …

SLMC had suggested to government that they establish a separate Muslim administration in the Ampara District, as the majority in that district are Muslims. Commenting, the JHU said that carrying out such a request would separate the Muslims from the …

A Sri Lankan minister on Tuesday accused the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) of raping Tamil women during the LTTE war. The 48-year-old Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan alias Karuna, who was a former LTTE leader and now a deputy minister in the …

Embassy of Sri Lanka
Washington DC

MEDIA STATEMENT BY THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

The Minister of External Affairs, Professor G. L. Peiris on Tuesday, 4th November, met the Heads of Mission and Representatives of the main proponents of the …

The Murali Harmony Cup is a reconciliation cricket tournament that promotes unity, goodwill, teamwork, the spirit of fair play and service to disadvantaged rural communities in post-war Sri Lanka. Preliminary round matches were played in Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Mullative and …

According to the head of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research in Singapore, Prof. Rohan Gunaratna the LTTE funds collectors and managers are now fighting each other.  Millions of dollars collected from the Tamil public in all …