UN rebut Sri Lanka allegation on agreement to drop foreign judges

The United Nations denied that it's top rights official had any agreement as claimed by Sri Lanka government to retain local judges only in a future war crimes probe. Applauding the first ever report................

Sri Lanka state leaders snub event to receive reconciliation report

Prioritising foriegn investment over and above reconciliation efforts, Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe Tuesday (03) snubbed an official event to receive the first public consultation..............

Ex-military commander 'threatened to pulverise' schoolboy

Police in Sri Lanka have recieved a complaint of a serious threat to a schoolboy by an ex military commander who allegedly 'supervised the killing' of the Tamil Tiger leader's 12 year old son in May..............

Sri Lanka shy away from answering UN questions on torture (video)

Sri Lanka suffered unprecedented humiliation when the country’s intelligence chief sat through a UN probe without responding to a series of crucial questions on his involvement in torture and abuse of detainees. The UN Committee Against Torture.........

Sri Lanka delivers shocking verdict on assassination of Tamil MP

A top court in Sri Lanka acquitted and released all accused in the killing of a Tamil lawmaker ten years ago. The release of three navy intelligence officials and two state paramilitary members came as a shock to many who had...........

Sri Lanka president reaches for Trump in bid to avoid war crimes probe (video)

Sri Lanka president promised party loyalists that he will garner the support of Donald Trump to stop the country’s soldiers and commanders from facing a war crimes probe, while Tamil masses in the........

Sri Lanka to spend millions on hundred Buddhist Temples in Tamil areas

Sri Lanka has decided to spend millions on Buddhist sites in the Tamil majority north and east despite the Tamil community calling to end state sponsored Buddhistisation. Although Buddhists live in the Eastern.........

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