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Under the provisions of Appendix I of the 9th Schedule, which was introduced by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, police and public security are a subject devolved to the provincial councils. However, for more than …

The Attorney General has informed Speaker Karu Jayasuriya that he could take action as per the provisions of the Standing Orders against former Deputy Minister Pro-LTTE Tamil terrorists Vijayakala Maheswaran for her calling for the revival of the LTTE Tamil …

The Northern Province Governor Reginald Cooray has denied allegations that he was planning to construct two Buddhist temples in one-time LTTE stronghold Kilinochchi soon after the dissolution of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) run Northern Provincial Council later this year.…

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Foreign Ministry has refrained from responding to a query whether it would brief the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) as regards wartime British High Commission dispatches that cleared the Sri Lankan military of alleged …

One-time presidential human rights envoy and the incumbent Ports and Shipping Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe  acknowledged that Sri Lanka’s decision to co-sponsor the Geneva Resolution 30/1 in Oct 2015 by pro-LTTE then Foreign Minister hadn’t been discussed by the Cabinet of …

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The Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) hadn’t dealt with UNSG Panel of Experts (PoE) allegations. “Allegations in the Secretary General’s PoE report, if at all, are for a local investigation process in Sri Lanka …

The European Council has extended by another six months the listing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as a terrorist organisation. The decision, dated July 30, was taken under the European Union’s regulation on specific restrictive measures directed against …

The great noble soldier and a gallant leader of defense forces , the Lt Gen Denzil Kobbekaduwa became a victim of a land mine 26 years ago on 8th August 1992 in Araly Point while planning an offensive operation Balavegaya.…

German government has arrested an Ex-Tamil terrorist on involvement in brutally killing captured government soldiers as a member ten years ago.

Federal prosecutors said a judge ordered Thursday the 36-year-old, Sivatheeban B detained pending a potential indictment. He was arrested …