Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should be able to work independently without fear of sanctions, the UK’s foreign secretary said in an apparent jab at Washington, which threatened the body for probing US troops.

“The UK strongly supports …

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) should never have suspended aid to …

Former parliamentarian and dressmaker Mangala Samaraweera, who has no basic and formal academic background or knowledge but becomes the Minister of Finance under the western-backed Yahapalanaya government leads by Ranil says that the worst economic crisis since Independence is upon …

Sri Lanka’s firm protest against false claims in a Bill titled 104 (An Act to Proclaim Tamil Genocide Education Week), including an exaggerated number of casualties at the conclusion of the conflict in Sri Lanka and allegations of ‘genocide’ had …

Pakistan’s High Commissioner Major General (retd) Muhammad Saad Khattak who was visiting Sri Lanka met the Governor of Eastern Province Mrs. Anuradha Yahampath in Trincomalee to discuss economic assistance to Eastern Province from Pakistan.

Mr. Khattak was posted to Colombo …

The Northern Province is likely to get a new governor after Parliamentary elections. The new incumbent will be a military face. People of the region desire that the government’s final choice should win the hearts and minds of the Tamils …

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Response to the Tamil extremist paid article published in “Diplomat Magazine” in Canada

28 May 2020

The Editor
DIPLOMAT Magazine
Ottawa, Ontario

Dear  Ms. Campbell:

Re: …

කැනඩාවේ සිටින LTTE සහයකයන් විසින් ඔන්ටේරියෝ ප්‍රාන්තයේ පීල්, ටොරොන්ටෝ සහ යෝ(ර්)ක් යන පාසැල් දිස්ත්‍රික්ක 3හි ශ්‍රී ලාංකා රජය විසින් දෙමල ජනතාව සමූහ ඝාතනය කළ ආකාරය පිළිබඳව පාසැල් සිසුන් දැනුවත් කිරීම සඳහා Genocide Week නමින් අසත්‍ය තොරතුරු සමාජගත කරන වැඩසටහනක් දියත් …

Dr. Neville Hewage, Ph.D., a policy analyst, with a Ph.D. from Laurentian University, Canada and an adjunct professor at the Department of Law and Justice, Laurentian University have prepared a comprehensive submission against the so called Bill 104 – Tamil …

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that a Presidential Task Force will be appointed under the Defence Secretary to conduct a comprehensive survey of archaeological sites in the East and to take measures to preserve them.

Several parties have voiced their concerns …