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Joint Opposition and patriotic civil society groups and Human Rights campaigners   accused pro-minority  mind set Ranil’s and Sirisenan’s  the government of imprisoning officers of the army intelligence unit over the disappearance of journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda who is widely believe as LTTE Tamil terrorists’..

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende was traveling to Sri Lanka on Wednesday, with the goal of re-establishing political contact through meetings with Sri Lanka’s president, prime minister and foreign minister. The high-level visit will be the first since 2006, according to a..

The Sri Lanka Economic Forum is to be held under auspices of the Sri Lankan Prime Minister on 7 January 2015. Chief Guests at this event are George Soros and Prof. Joseph Stiglitz. The theme of the event is “steering..

One-time Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday alleged that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair had talked about accountability issues in Sri Lanka, whereas the UK was yet to release its own war crimes investigation report that dealt with alleged atrocities..

The current Parliament lead by pro-minority Ranil and Sirisena has no right to form a ‘Constitutional Council’ to formulate a new Constitution, President of the National Movement to Protect Soldiers Ven. Bengamuwe Nalaka Thero says. The observation was made at..

OPEN LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF SRILANKA 6th January 2016 Hon Mr. Ranil Wickremasinghe Prime Minister of SriLankaNo.30, Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha Colombo 7 SRILANKA Dear Prime Minister, As a patriotic SriLankan (SL) Australian I am compelled to write..

Sri Lanka United National Association of Canada better known as SLUNA was a tower of strength to me during my assignment in Toronto. There isn’t any other organisation like SLUNA in Canada which has supported Sri Lanka throughout. The organization..

DHARSHAN WEERASEKERA A proposed Amendment to the Buddhist Temporalities Act was published in the Government Gazette on 4 December 2015.  On 21st December 2015, the Government submitted a motion to Parliament outlining its plan to convert Parliament to a Constituent Assembly..

Kalutara District UPFA MP Jayantha Samaraweera (NFF)  warned the government of dire consequences unless it immediately stopped persecuting military officers on trumped-up charges. Samaraweera was addressing the media at the Kottawa junction in the wake of a group of monks..

  The government had omitted certain significant Articles of the 1978 Constitution, including those on upholding the Unitary State of the country and giving foremost place to Buddhism from the new Constitution, Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) MP Dinesh Gunawardane charged..