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Foreign Relations Minister, Dinesh Gunawardena said that notwithstanding Sri Lanka’s withdrawal from the co-sponsorship of the UNHRC resolution, the government is committed to achieving accountability and human rights within the framework of the Constitution towards sustainable peace and reconciliation through..

Defence Secretary Maj. Gen. (retd) Kamal Gunaratne says the challenge of defeating separatist ideology remains as some Tamil politicians are attempting to propagate it, though the military defeated LTTE terrorism 10 years agao. Gunaratne said aspirations of the majority of..

On Wednesday the 26th Feb. 2020 Sri Lankan government  formally notified the UN Human Right Council (UNHRC) that it was withdrawing from the UN resolution on post-war accountability and reconciliation. “I wish to place on record, Sri Lanka’s decision to..

The Government of the United States has imposed travel restrictions on Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva, the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army and Acting Chief of Defence Staff, and his immediate family members based on the geopolitics under the pretext..

The fight to keep a Sri Lankan Tamil family who entered illegally in Australia has started in Melbourne with government lawyers filing last-minute evidence. Sri Lankan Tamil couple Priya and Nades Murugappan and their Australian-born daughters Kopika and Tharunicaa, aged..

Sri Lanka said its war effort did not result in Hollywood movies, but was proud of its security forces who completed the task assigned to them by a democratically elected administration and freed people from ruthless LTTE Tamil terrorism. “Just..

Technical discrepancies over pension payments for disabled war veterans, families and widows to be resolved Defence Ministry will submit a new Cabinet paper to solve existing issues related to pensions and allowances to disabled persons of armed forces and the..

(Courtesy for The Island) The government said yesterday that it would seek the support of other countries to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution  on Sri Lanka, which was co-sponsored by the previous Sirisena-Wickremesinghe administration. While..

By Ishara Gamage (Courtesy of Ceylon Today) Implementing the already-finalised Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC) agreement will pose a challenge to Sri Lanka’s sovereignty and legal system, unless its terms are amended to Sri Lanka’s requirements, according to the preliminary report..

(Courtesy of Economy next) ECONOMYNEXT – Confirming a government decision to withdraw from cosponsorship of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution 30/1, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa drew a line between what he called the patriotic camp and “born..