Dr. Veerakanthipillai Shanmugarajah,refugee Medical Superintendent , Mullaitivu General Hospital, being a Hindu, honestly , sincerely and solemnly swear and MAKE OATH as follows: 1. I  am Dr.Veerakanthipillai Shanmugarajah, presently Medical Superintendent ,Mullaitivu.  I was born on 11 June 1968 and am presently 44 years old. I am a graduate of Jaffna University’s faculty of Medicine, […]

A top US diplomat will visit Sri Lanka’s war-ravaged north on Wednesday to hold talks with local officials over alleged war crimes during the last phase of the civil war against the LTTE. The US Ambassador—at—Large at the Office of Global Criminal Justice, Stephen J Rapp, who arrived hereon Monday on a week—long visit, will […]

Economic downturn   Sri Lanka’s key business chambers have called for a probe on official statistics following reports on how an official was allegedly asked to boost gross domestic numbers in a court filing.“If such doubts were to persist, it would lead to a lack of credibility on a range of published data & have serious […]

Jehan Perera Stephen J. Rapp, Ambassador-at-Large of the Office of Global Criminal Justice of the United States will be in Sri Lanka this week.  He will be meeting with political leaders and also with other influential opinion formers to ascertain the situation in the country relevant to his interests and to make known his own […]

  Womens Action Network  In October 2013 Kalyana Tissa Thero of the Seth Sevana Lama Nivasa of Attambagaskanda, Vavuniya was arrested for sexually abusing a 9 year old child. The Buddhist monk was kept in remand custody and medical evidence confirmed the sexual abuse of the child on 12.10.2013. Subsequently the custody of the remaining […]

Thirukkeatheesvaram mass grave Some of the victims slain in the mass grave at Thirukkeathessvaram in Mannaar have been shot after being ordered to stand up straight inside the bunkers, according to those who witnessed the excavation of the mass grave in Mannaar. Of the four more skeletons recovered on Friday, one skull was found covered […]

Jan 05, Colombo: Anticipating a serious challenge from the international community at the upcoming United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva, the Sri Lankan government has initiated a program to enlighten the member states on the measures taken for reconciliation and to address other critical issues. According to the External Affairs Ministry, a […]

Tisaranee Gunasekara“All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned…”. – Marx and Engles (The Communist Manifesto)  Once upon a nearly-forgotten-time, there was a corporate colossus in America called Enron. Courted by politicians and feted by the Wall Street, Enron was named ‘America’s most innovative company’ by the Fortune magazine for […]

Samaranayaka was appointed by the same minster Minister forced me to resign  – SLRC Head   Former Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) and the Presidential Spokesman, Mohan Samaranayake, refuting claims by Minister of Mass Media and Information, Kehiliya Rambukwella, said he was forced to resign from his post as the head of […]

pol-cartoon Indications of tough new resolution on accountability and related issues, Pillay to submit 10,000-word report US war crimes ambassador coming here, followed by new Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Desai Biswal New Gazette notification to stop internal revolts within local councils; Ravi lashes out at cry-babies and spineless leaders in the UNP The Government […]

Stephen J. Rapp Ambassador-at-Large, Office of Global Criminal Justice, Stephen J. Rapp will travel to Sri Lanka, January 6–11, 2014. This is Ambassador Rapp’s second trip to Sri Lanka as Ambassador-at-Large. During this trip Ambassador Rapp will meet with a broad cross section of government officials and political and civil society leaders on a range […]

Jagath Balapatabandi Bribery and corruption are as old as civilization itself. The propensity for deceit, duplicity and fraud that exists in the ordinary mind has endured, despite the scriptures and teachings of religious leaders about the value of honesty, integrity and ethical conduct in the long journey of the human race. Yet, we come across, every […]

Concerns have been raised after a Buddhist monk in Vavuniya was granted bail in a sexual abuse case after the Attorney General’s department said it had no objections.The Women’s Action Network, a network consisting of 8 women’s organizations based in the north and east of Sri Lanka, said that there are indications of attempts to […]

ManekshawThe Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has officially rebuked the call made by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Parliament last week to participate at the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to deal with the Tamil question. The President extended the invitation to participate at the PSC to the TNA’s two key figures, the leader of the Alliance, R. […]

As the world prepared to celebrate Christmas on the 24th evening, three churches in the South of Sri Lanka were attacked by mobs. The pastor of the Assemblies of God church in Angunukolapalassa was surrounded by a mob of over 300 villagers together with Buddhist monks, demanding he stops all worship services planned for Christmas […]

[TamilNet,]“Sri Lankan authorities have confirmed that their previous claims of an arrest warrant in my name does not exist and I now look forward to exploring and learning more about the country of my birth,” says Ms Rathika Sitsabeisan, the elected Eezham Tamil MP from Canada, in a statement released by her party, NDP, in […]

Rathika Sitsabaiesan David Akin   OTTAWA — Military officers in Sri Lanka apparently placed an NDP MP visiting the Indian Ocean island under house arrest Tuesday, confining Rathika Sitsabaiesan to her hotel, according to disputed news reports.The reports said Sitsabaiesan was met at her hotel in Jaffna, the capital of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province, by a […]

Add caption One of the main cries of the international community is that of allegations of war crimes against the Lankan forces and the government’s failure to have a transparent investigation. With the UNHRC sessions coming up and the threat by the British Premier, what measures have you taken to ensure a swift and transparent […]

Following the interrogation on Tuesday by the Sri Lankan Terrorist Investigation Department, who placed the visiting Eezham Tamil parliamentarian from Canada, Ms Rathika Sitsabaiesan, from 7:00 p.m. to midnight under an unofficial house-arrest, the immigration officials of occupying Colombo have subjected her for a second round of investigations Wednesday noon. As the Canadian MP was […]

Express News Service – CHENNAI Maha Tamil Prabhakaran, a journalist, who was deported from Sri Lanka to India, after he was detained on charges of videographing the vital Army and Naval installations in the island nation, on Tuesday, denied that he had flouted the visa norms.Speaking to media persons, Prabhakaran said he was moving around […]

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today handed over a complaint against the Chief of the Bribery Commission, Jagath De Silva Balapatabendi to the Bribery Commission, alleging that he received kickbacks after having sat on a Supreme Court bench, which released a consignment of vehicles. JVP MP Sunil Handuneththi said the only authority that the public can […]