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FacebookTwitterGoogle+Share78 The Thiruketheeswaram is one of the five ancient, holy Eeswarams for Hindus on the west coast near Mannar. The approach road to the temple had some constructions which were being done again for Sivarathiri tomorrow. The Roman Catholics objected..

(Courtesy of Colombo Telegraph) Politically and financially bankrupt Tamil Forum UK Ltd, well- known as British Tamil Forum (BTF), has been booted out from its controversial nominal role of providing ‘secretariat’ service to the UK parliamentary All Party Parliamentary Group..

Sri Lanka, along with the Britain-led ‘core group’, will co-sponsor a fresh resolution at the UN Human Rights Council on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in the country, authoritative sources said. The ‘Zero Draft Resolution on Promoting Reconciliation, Accountability..

The National Joint Committee (NJC) has written to President Maithripala Sirisena requesting that the Government withdraw from being a co-sponsor of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution 30/1. “The said resolution is being made use of by the..

Ex Senior Director of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights Of the US National Security Council Dear madam, Human Rights Violations by Sri Lankan forces The greatest friend of TRUTH is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion..

(Courtesy of Daily Mirror) Campaigners have called on the Mayor of Harrow, Kareema Marikar, to resign after she was pictured with senior military figures during a visit to Sri Lanka, Harrow Times reported on Monday. Councillor Kareema Marikar visited the..

Calls to investigate Sooka’s alleged dealings with LTTE and pro-LTTEers Urges removal of Sooka from UN-related engagements if found guilty Alleges recorded testimonies in the report are from unknown Tamils, who claimed that they had been sexually harassed by Sri..

Listen to the Press Conference of: General Daya Rathnayake www.youtube.com Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe www.youtube.com Air-Chief Marshel Roshan Gunathilake www.youtube.com Three retired service commanders, Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke), Admiral Tisara Samarasinghe and General Daya Ratnayake, yesterday, alleged the war winning..

(Courtesy of The Island) The NPC remained notoriously intransigent in dealing with the government and even refused to cooperate with the latter on matters that were beneficial to the people. In 2014, the then President Mahinda Rajapaksa revealed that the..

Chairman of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Prof. G.L. Peiris said, that his party opposed the continuing international supervision constitutional making process and restructuring of armed forces in terms of Geneva – based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) dictates…