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‘Contact Sri Lanka’ an online portal jointly created by the Ministry of Foreign Relations and Information & Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) for the benefit of Overseas Sri Lankans was launched today (26 March 2020) at the Ministry of..

A Sri Lankan Tamil residing in Switzerland has died after contracting the coronavirus (COVID-19), says the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Sri Lanka and Foreign mission in Swiss. A Tamil named Loganandam Sadasiwam, age 60, born on 30th Oct. 1960..

Former staff sergeant of the Sri Lanka Army, Sunil Ratnayake, who was sentenced to death over controversial murder charges of eight Tamil civilians who were believed to be trained LTTE Tamil terrorists in a high security zone of Mirusuvil in..

(Courtesy of The Island) The British High Commission (BHC) in Colombo has said that as it is busy handling the Covid-19 crisis, our questions regarding interdicted former Chief Colombo Magistrate Thilina Gamage’s recent testimony before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry..

The Buddhist temple  – “Sarasavi Viharaya”. The Buddhist Brotherhood Society of University of Jaffna constructed and declared opened a grand Buddhist Dagoba within the allocated land plot limit of the Buddhist temple in the University of Jaffna, Kilinochchiya campus on..

By Kim Sengupta (Courtesy of Independent) Bill halves timeframe for litigation as critics claim confusion over definition of ‘vexatious litigation’ is being used to block legitimate attempts at investigations The British government is due to bring in legislation setting up..

The  Terrorist’ Investigation Division (TID) of Sri Lanka Police in Jaffna had arrested four Tamils, believed to be ex-LTTE Tamil terrorists  from Poonarin with loads of explosives in Vallipuram in Vadamaraadchi area  in Jaffna on 3rd Feb. night. One of..

(Courtesy of The Island) Alleging that the Attorney General Department and the Criminal Investigation Department had unduly interfered in some high profile cases handled by him, former Chief Colombo Magistrate Thilina Gamage, on Wednesday (4), told the Presidential Commission of..

By Rahul Shivashankar (Courtesy of Times of India) UNHRC chief Michelle Bachelet has upped the ante against India. In September 2019, after being fed a coloured narrative she bemoaned the ‘’communication shutdown’’ and ‘’detention’’ of political leadership in J&K. Now,..

The Government yesterday told the Human Rights Council (HRC) that the violence which occurred in the aftermath of the Easter attacks was not communally motivated but caused by “unruly elements” and emphasised that citizens were able to freely practise their..