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War crimes: The relevance of a secret US missive from Geneva (Courtesy of The island) Maj Gen. Shavendra Silva, commanded the much celebrated 58 Division on the Vanni front. Currently functions as Sri Lanka’s No 02 in New York. Pawns..

The Hindu BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo Foreign policy to be guided by national interest, not regional interest India will be far more supportive of Sri Lanka’s position at the United Nations Human Rights..

Ananthi Sasitharan TNA member of the Northern Provincial Council was in for a surprise when she arrived at the Mullaitivu Magistrates courts on 21st July 2014 for the continuation of the case filed by her. She never expected hundreds of Tamils..

By Daya Gamage – Sri Lanka parliamentarian and President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s coordinating Secretary Sajin de Vass Gunawardena, in a Washington interview with Bloomberg Media Network, conveyed Sri Lanka’s current sentiments very clearly to Washington policymakers and lawmakers: The United States..

Foreign government and INGO funded anti-Sri Lankan activists in Colombo protest a government order limiting their activities which is threatening to security and defence of the Inland and morale value of the society.  So called civil society groups and activists..

Sri Lanka is urging the U.S. to avoid letting human rights concerns dominate the relationship between the countries five years after the end of a civil war that killed as many as 40,000 civilians. Reconciliation in Sri Lanka is occurring at..

By Malinda Senevirathne The Government has taken some tentative steps to keep NGOs in check.  Although the big-names in the NGO fraternity have howled in protest, a careful reading of the directive issued by the NGO Secretariat clearly indicates that..

India’s decision to stick to the previous UPA regime’s stand not to support the inquiry by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) into Sri Lanka’s ‘war crimes’ in the last days of the civil war in 2009 is shocking,..

The TNA will submit affidavits to the Supreme Court affirming that they stand for a unitary Sri Lanka. Counsel, K. Kanag Ishwaran P.C. and M. A. Sumanthiran, who appeared for TNA office bearers made respondents in several fundamental rights violation..

www.southasiamail.com Contrary to what is erroneously being promoted the Sinhela race did not descend from banished King Vijaya of India. The discovery of the Balangoda man depicts a rich civilization going back 38000 years. Undoubtedly what distinguishes the Sinhala people..