Appointed Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara from the national list, who could not face for a general election to elect to the parliament due to his pro-eelam stance against the majority of Sri Lankans  are planning on campaign to the government to …

China on Thursday said that it wants Sri Lanka to be a close partner in building a new maritime route to bring the two countries closer and promote marine activities, including cooperating in rescue operations in the Indian Ocean region …

People rush member of parliament K. Narayana Rao to a hospital after he suffered a heart attack during clashes in the lower house of parliament in New Delhi on Thursday. — AP

Parliamentary democracy in India came under severe threat …

India’s External Affairs Minister Salman Kurshid today urged the Sri Lankan leadership to look at “possible ways to avoid an hostile attitude towards people and countries that matter,” in the light of a likely US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at …

A disciplinary sanction which a court imposed against  New York based Pro LTTE Tamil terrorists attorney early last year has recently become hot news of the online news media. The attorney, Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran, was admitted to the New York bar …

Embassy of Sri Lanka
Washington DC
Press Release

THE 66^TH INDEPENDENCE DAY OF SRI LANKA
CELEBRATED WITH ELEGANCE  IN WASHINGTON DC

Sri Lanka expects genuine & meaningful support for reconciliation from international community  – Ambassador Wickramasuriya

Sri Lankan Cultural …

February 8, 2014

Prof. Dr. Jochen Hippler, INEF University, Germany

Dr. David Rampton, London School of Economics

Associate Professor Dr. Jake Lynch, University of Sydney

Mr. Ken Macnab, President CPACS Council, Sydney

Mr. Dennis Halliday, Transnational Institute

Prof. Yiftachel, Ben …

The police said yesterday the Leader of the Nawa Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the Gampaha District Leader, could be arrested in the wake of allegations leveled against the NSSP over the submission of fake nominations and false details of …

What the Tamil Nadu police built as a case of major terror bust collapsed in a heap of contradictions when a city court acquitted all 13 people accused of involvement with the banned LTTE. The case relates to the arrest …