- 08 April 2016
North calls for autonomous units in merged North East for Sri Lanka Muslims
Sri Lanka’s eagerly awaited new constitution should ensure that Muslims are given autonomous units in their lands within a merged NorthEast province, the Tamil National Alliance.......
- 01 April 2016
Sri Lanka: Tamil minister ‘ashamed to be in government’
A minister of Tamil origin says that he is ashamed to be part of the ruling coalition when security forces intimidate rights activists even at present. Minister of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages Mano Ganesan..........
- 28 January 2016
Sri Lanka's commitment to genuine war crimes probe questioned
Angered by evidently contradictory statements by the topmost ruling duo about a future war crimes probe in Sri Lanka, almost 150 grassroots organisations, rights activists and politicians throughout the island have questioned the government’s.............
- 21 December 2015
JVP in Sri Lanka ‘totally’ opposed to LGBT rights
A senior leader of a political party in Sri Lanka, often described as Marxist, has strongly rejected the rights of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals (LGBT). In an interview given to a state controlled English daily, the national organizer of the..............
- 25 March 2016
Sri Lanka: Northern province oppose moves to colonise Tamil lands
The Northern Provincial Council unanimously adopted a resolution urging President Maithripala Sirisena to halt settling Sri Lanka military families in a newly constructed village in the Tamil speaking north........
- 12 January 2016
India stalls 400 million dollar Pakistan fighter jet deal to Sri Lanka
In an apparent gain in the South Asian power struggle, India has stalled a fighter jet deal between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, as reported by the world's leading defence journal. "Indian diplomatic pressure seems to have stalled Sri Lankan............
- 14 December 2015
Parliamentarians oppose British millions for Sri Lanka ‘military reform’
A group of opposition Labour party parliamentarians have urged UK government to reconsider plans to provide Sri Lanka with £6.6 million aimed at reforming the military. In a letter to the Foreign........
