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The Sri Lankan Yahapalana government will look to streamline the regulatory process to hire foreign labours by providing greater powers to the Immigration and Emigration Controller, according to Christian pastor who turned to politics Finance State Minister Eran Wickramaratne. He..

The signing of the Indo-Lanka Peace Accord in 1987 By G. H. Peiris Several articles by Dr. Dayan Jayatilleke published in The Island during the past few days indicate that he is very definitely the most articulate and, arguably, the..

  The 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council closed just a few days back, on the 29th of September. At that session, there were allegations of genocide, systematic discrimination, rape and torture in custody, extrajudicial killings and militarization..

Following is the speech delivered by Dr. Nalaka Godahewa at the 36th session of the UNHRC in Geneva in September under the banner of Global Sri Lankan Forum: Mr. President, a myth has been spread over the years, that there..

Constitutional expert and eminent lawyer Manohara de Silva on Monday urged the public to reject the proposed constitution as it would turn the country into a federal state. De Silva, addressing the media at the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress (ACBC), said people..

Global Sri Lankan Forum, GSLF a Forum of patriots of  Sri Lankans living in the UK, Australia, Middle East, Canada, France, Switzerland, Poland, Israel, Italy, and Ireland submitted a petition to high Commissioner of the UNHRC bring to his attention..

Admiral Sarath Weerasekara questions how UNHRC enforce certain unfair rules and conditions by force on Sri Lanka on country basis to satisfy cheap geopolitics playing by Western countries. Admiral Sarath Weerasekara raised these serious concerns at the UNHRC general session..

A report on Sri Lanka by CountryWatch, a prominent US-based information provider, is full of bias, errors, and outdated information warns an international group that has just posted an extensive exposé on it online. “Academicians, business leaders, or anyone using..

While Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena addressing the UN General Assembly that he was being tried with his colleague Ranil Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for crimes outside the UN Headquarters by their Yahapalana allies pro-LTTE Tamil terrorist diaspora. It..

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) yesterday frowned on the manner in which the government had secured the passage of the Provincial Council Elections (Amendment) Bill in Parliament last week.  It was passed in most irregular manner and in..