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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed the UN that necessary investigations would be conducted to find out the fate of those who had disappeared during the island’s civil conflict as most of the families had attested that those disappeared had been..

By Shamindra Ferdinando (Courtesy of The Island) The Federation of National Organizations (FNO) yesterday, January 23, urged President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government to clarify its stand vis-a-vis controversial resolution 30/1 co-sponsored by the previous administration at the Geneva based Human Rights..

(Courtesy of  Lanka News Web) C.A. Chandraprema has been appointed as the new Ambassador of Switzerland. He is a veteran journalist, political commentator and author. The Ambassador of Switzerland is an internationally important position, and he plays an important role..

Russian, Chinese Foreign Ministers due in Sri Lanka next week. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrives in Colombo on Monday morning on a brief officla visit while Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives on Tuesday morning, according to the announcements..

Does the Sri Lankan Constitution allow a Government elected for a term of office and given guardianship of the land and the interests of the people to appoint a foreign country to establish a company to be an agent for..

In Lord Naseby’s concluding remarks on Sri Lanka in the Queen’s Speech debate in House of Lords (7/1/20), he compares Gotabaya Rajapaksa with Boris Johnson – “We’ve now got two new leaders, one here in the UK with the drive,..

Norway declined to comment on the recent arrest of a Norwegian national who identified himself as an Iranian in northern Sri Lanka on Dec 17, 2019. When it was inquired with the mission of Norway in Sri Lanka about the..

It is reported that the DMK, Tamil Nadu’s major Opposition Party and it’s BJP alley, the PMK have expressed their opposition to Sri Lankan government’s opinion that it is not necessary to sing the Sri Lankan national anthem in Tamil..

This is not to question whether Israel is right or wrong or whether Sri Lanka is right or wrong but to question whether UN is treating all Members EQUALLY as the UN Charter is mandated to do. The principles of..

The North is “just as much the historical habitation of the Sinhalese”. And, the Tamils “do not have a right to sovereignty and self-determination adverse to the rights of the Sinhalese and other groups in the island,” writes senior Attorney-at-Law..