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*Wants to partner military Atul Keshap by Zacki Jabbar The United States of America says it wants to partner with the Sri Lankan military while assisting the government in drafting a new constitution and meeting commitments it had made to..

The Joint Opposition yesterday called for Maha Sangha’s intervention to thwart the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe project to form a Federal States in Sri Lanka under so called Constitution. The Maha Sangha’s backing was sought when heavyweights of Joint Opposition Prof. GL Peiris..

Six former Army personnel who were indicted over an incident where 24 Tamil civilians were killed in a crossfire with the LTTE Tamil terrorists in 1996, were acquitted of all charges by Anuradhapura High Court Judge yesterday. The Jury consisting..

(By Courtesy iof The Island) By Shamindra Ferdinando Transparency International (Sri Lanka Chapter) representative Shan Wijetunga yesterday said that it would be the responsibility of the Attorney General to prevent a Bill being presented in parliament contrary to any other..

The Office of Missing Persons Bill has many provisions designed to persecute our armed forces and following are some of them; 1.     The Office of Missing Persons will not be a part of Sri Lanka’s State law enforcement and justice system,..

The so called Consultation Taskforce appointed by government is dodging with its deadline to provide the proposal by the public. Highly controversial and biased Taskforce headed by Manouri Muttetuwegama and pro-LTTE Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu who is acting as Secretary to the..

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today charged that the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) Bill has many provisions designed to persecute armed forces personnel. Issuing a statement, he said if the draft legislation becomes a law, every Member of Parliament who..

  Pro-LTTE Tamil terrorist political party, TNA’s  Northern Provincial Council  has again objected to construction of Buddha Statue in the historical Buddhist temple while construction is in progress in Nagadeepa in Jaffna. The pro-minority government which was captured the government..

While racially motivated Tamils brutally attacked Sinhala undergraduates in the University of Jaffna in Norther Province, Sri Lankan Police officers were attacked by Muslims in Samanthuraya in Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. Police officers who were in a search operation..

JO won’t back ratification of ICCPR (Courtesy of The Island)  By Shamindra Ferdinando The Joint Opposition and a section of the civil society have taken a common stand on the alleged move to do away with judicial power in terms..