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LABOR’S last foreign minister, Bob Carr, has ridiculed refugee advocates’ “urban mythology” about endemic persecution of Tamils in Sri Lanka, saying the previous government “couldn’t find a single case” of returned asylum-seekers being abused by authorities. Mr Carr, who retired..

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa ceremonially commissioned the two patrol boats that were gifted by the Australian government to Sri Lanka to aid in combating people smuggling.The two patrol boats named “Mihikatha” and “Rathnadeepa” were gifted as a gesture of..

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj The Malaysian Police in a sweeping counter terrorist operation launched simultaneously on Thursday July 3rd 2014 arrested four persons of Sri Lankan origin suspected of terrorist activity with alleged links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) and..

The ministry said in a statement that US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour Tom Malinowski is not welcome in Bahrain. It said he intervened in the country’s domestic affairs by holding meetings with some groups..

The police have begun recording statements from Muslims over a mass grave in Kaluwanchikudy suspected to contain the remains of Muslims killed by the LTTE Tamil terrorists. 27 family members of Muslims reported missing during the time the LTTE Tamil..

A government Minister and National Freedom Front leader Wimal Weerawansa has accused the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Ms. Michele J. Sison is  working  with the UNP leadership to destabilize the country. Weerawansa claimed that the UNP leadership through some..

Jaffna Combined School Team (JCST), in a T 20 match played on Friday (04) trounced the visiting Yarra Valley Cricket Association Team (YVCAT) of Australia. The friendly match organized by Security Force Jaffna in collaboration with Foundation of Goodness was..

The USAID has cancelled funding for a voter education program after the Sri Lankan Government raised objections and the island’s top defence official vowed to investigate organizations receiving grants to implement the project. In an email to prospective applicants yesterday,..

Australian officials are secretly screening out so called LTTE Tamil terrorists asylum seekers who are still at sea via video link as two boatloads of would-be refugees are being transferred at sea into Sri Lankan custody. A senior Sri Lankan naval official said..

China’s President Xi Jinping will this year become the first Chinese head of state to visit Sri Lanka in three decades, underlining Beijing’s renewed push to deepen its strategic and economic presence in the neighbourhood and in the Indian Ocean…