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(Courtesy of The Island) Top Federation of National Organizations (FNO) spokesman Dr. Wasantha Bandara, yesterday, alleged that those foreign funded NGOs/civil society organisations played a pivotal role in implementing the UNP strategy. Referring to their efforts at the last presidential..

The Federation of National Organizations (FNO), yesterday, warned of dire consequences unless the electorate defeated those bent on pursuing what it called treacherous yahapalana strategy aimed at dividing the country on ethnic lines, at the Nov. 16, 2019 presidential election.   Dr…

SL President Maithiripala Sirisena deployed his Foreign Secretary Mr. Ravinath Ariyasinghe to tell the UN Department of Peace Operations (UNDPO) in New York that the 2011 Report of the Secretary-General’s Panel of Experts on Accountability, led by Marzuki Darusman, with..

Attempts to divide the people and the country must be prevented and Sri Lanka must unite as one nation. All the people must enjoy equal rights and privileges across the country, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa..

The Court of Appeal has unanimously decided to dismiss the petitions filed challenging the citizenship of former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, without taking it up for consideration. The court today concluded the consideration of the petition while all parties were..

Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha and Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN in New York H.E. Mrs. Kshenuka Senewiratne and Sri Lanka delegation meeting with Under Secretary General of the United Nations Department of Peace Operations (USSG/UNDPO), Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, at the UN Headquarters in New York on 27 th  September 2019. Foreign..

(Courtesy of Daily Mirror) The Sathyagraha and fast- unto- death campaign launched by the differently-abled war heroes that started opposite the Fort Railway Station by the National Force for the Protection of the Rights of War Heroes was called off..

Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva A.L.A.  Azeez told  the 42nd Session of the Human Rights Council on Wednesday that the recent appointment of war hero Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva as Army Commander was a sovereign decision..

The following is the full text of the speech delivered by presidential candidate and chairman of Viyathmaga at the Viyathmaga convention on 8th Sep. 2019 at the Shangri-La  hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka  To listen to the audio, log to..

(Courtesy of The Island) A doctor attached to the Pallai hospital now in police custody for allegedly aiding and abetting terrorism and having close links to the Tamil diaspora backing the LTTE has recently told investigators that there is a..