The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) is not a judicial process and it cannot punish anybody, Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera said.
He was addressing...
Would the international community end its engagement with Sri Lanka on the Tamil question after March 2017, when the United Nations High Commissioner for...
The government had agreed to allow foreign monitors and obtain international technical assistance for machinery that would be set up to probe alleged human...
Written statement to the 32nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (13 June-1 July 2016)
When Sri Lanka co-sponsored UN Human Rights Council...
International Crisis Group Sri Lanka Report: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
The unexpected chance for lasting peace and reconciliation in Sri Lanka that followed President Maithripala...
(Remarks by Ambassador Keshap at Right to Information (RTI) Interactive Dialogue Launch, May 16, 2016, Water’s Edge Hotel, Colombo)
Honorable Minister, Members of Parliament, ladies...
U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power met with former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, currently Chairperson of Sri Lanka’s...
( President Sirisena greets TNA MP Mavei Senathiraja)
By GEETA ANAND and DHARISHA BASTIANS
MAY 12, 2016
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Leaders of Sri Lanka, an island...
ECONOMYNEXT - The names of several Sri Lanka domiciled individuals, including Nissanka Senadhipathi of Avant Garde, have been disclosed in the Panama Papers released...
(An auto-rickshaw drives along a flooded street in Colombo, Ishara S. Kodikara | AFP | Getty Images )
By Leslie Shaffer/CNBC.
Sri Lanka's deal with the...
( Nisha Desai Biswal speaking at the Center for a New American Security)
Sri Lanka deserves special attention as it continues to consolidate democratic gains...
( In remote country side people has to travel in smaller trucks)
Today the European Commission will co-sign two new support programmes worth €38 million...
By Mangala Samaraweera.
'Reconciliation and Development', as you would agree, are intertwined. It is difficult, almost impossible, to have one without the other.
At the time...
by Nikhil Narayan
Image courtesy IRIN
“The regime has changed, but the system remains the same; how can we expect justice from them?,” asked a Tamil...
(INDEPENDENCE DAY: President Maihripala Sirisena at Independence Day celebrations on January 04,2016)
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena warned political opponents that he will press ahead...
by Jehan Perera
President Maithripala Sirisena’s rejection of foreign involvement in the judicial accountability process in Sri Lanka has once again brought to the fore...
In October 2015, the Sri Lankan government took a giant stride towards reconciliation when it co-sponsored a historic resolution at the Human Rights Council....
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday emphasised that the government will not deviate from the Geneva resolution on reconciliation and accountability in any way.
The Premier...
(Press Release:TISL Perturbed by the Finance Minister’s “No Questions” Policy)
Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) is perturbed by the recent moves of the Minister of...
A recent interview with President Sirisena, conducted with the BBC’s Azzam Ameen, is recommended viewing for those who want to assess contemporary politics and...
The Sri Lankan government on Thursday reiterated that a domestic probe into alleged war crimes committed in the island nation will meet international standards.
Government...
( Hugo Swire meeting President Sirisena in Colombo)
Sri Lanka will have to demonstrate by June that it has made significant and credible progress in...
( Foreign Minister to play a crucial role in the implementation of UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka)
(Sri Lanka Brief/ 12 January 2016)
The government of...
Brigadier K. K. S. Parakum of Mechanized Infantry Regiment has entered the Sampathnuwara District Hospital a few days ago and threatened the medical staff...
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