The news of Dr. Sudarshan Seneviratne being nominated to represent Sri Lanka in India was reported in Sunday newspaper www.sundaytimes.lk. Superceding Dr. Seneviratne’s lack of diplomatic experience as envoy to India is the fact that his ‘multicultural’ mindset will …
Deputy Leader of the Democratic People’s Front (DPF), Nalliah Kumaraguruparan stated that he has been removed from his post without informing him. He stated that DPF leader Mano Ganesan was more dedicated to a woman than to the party while …
Sri Lanka will not cooperate with a United Nations inquiry into alleged war crimes by government forces and LTTE Tamil Tiger terrorists in the final phase of the 26-year war against Tamil terrorists, foreign minister said. The UN, through a
…Israel had cut working relation with the UNHRC and blocked UN team entering Israel for a planned investigation on Human Rights status of Israel and occupied lands of Palestine in 2012. UN council voted to send a fact-finding team to …
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj
The Sri Lankan defence establishment has successfully accomplished the feat of renditioning a senior leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) functioning abroad with the aid and cooperation of Iranian and Malaysian authorities. The “Daily Mirror” learns …
This is a wakeup call for Sri Lanka and Sri Lankans. Juxtapose the calls for all military to be removed from Sri Lanka’s North and link that to the sudden emergence of guns, former unrehabilitated LTTE rs ‘stealing’ gun detectors …
In a far-reaching development, Sri Lanka on Tuesday signed UNSC Resolution 1373 designating 16 LTTE front organisations abroad as ‘foreign terrorists’ and freezing all their assets and financial resources. These include the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE)
…The Sri Lankan flag replaced the Australian Border Protection Command flag on board the Australian Custom vessel ‘Corio Bay’ amidst the playing of the two National Anthems to symbolize the handing over of the above vessel to the Sri Lanka …
Former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld.
Senate aides and government officials continue to leak details from a classified report on the CIA’s Bush administration torture program, giving a fuller picture of who was tortured, how it happened, and what limited …
Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
By Tim Fish
JDW Correspondent
After more than two decades of fighting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at sea, the Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) is being reshaped to prioritize maritime security for …