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| Tamara re-elected as Chairperson-Rapporteur of the UN Working Group |
| 2013-05-23 |
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Tamara Kunanayakam, Sri Lanka’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, was re-elected as Chairperson-Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council’s Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development, which held its 14th session from 13 to 17 May, in Geneva. This is the third time that Ms. Kunanayakam has been nominated by the Non-Aligned Movement for the post, which is an honorary non-remunerated position, and has received the unanimous support of all members of the United Nations for her exper
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| CID grills another TNA MP |
| 2013-05-23 |
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Vanni District Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian, Siva Shakthi Anandan, was interrogated by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sleuths at the fourth floor, over his alleged mobile phone conversations with Tamil detainees at the Vavuniya Prison.
Anandan was grilled for more than two hours from 10 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. yesterday. Informed sources said, the CID sleuths had questioned the parliamentarian as to how he developed mobile phone contacts with the Tamil prisoners, who staged a hunger strike, which final
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| TUs claim strike a success; Govt. calls it a big flop |
| 2013-05-23 |
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While the Co-ordinating Committee of the Trade Union Alliance (CCTUA) maintained that their token strike against the electricity tariff hike was successful all round the country, the government said that overall attendance in public sector institutions had, in fact, increased by 3.5 per cent yesterday.
Former JVP MP and Co–convener of the CCTUA, Wasantha Samarasinghe said their strike had been a huge success in the public and private sectors.
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| Tyrants' fate is near - Mangala |
| 2013-05-23 |
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UNP communications division head MP Mangala Samaraweera, in a speech delivered at the Parliament today (21), said that the current Govt is gradually walking towards its doom and the oncoming Commonwealth heads of state meeting will prove that the tyrants always has to face the truth ultimately.
The complete speech is as follows ...
Mr. Speaker,
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| 18 held in 'illegal immigrant' raid |
| 2013-05-23 |
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Eighteen people have been arrested on suspicion of helping to smuggle Sri Lankan illegal immigrants into Britain in a series of dawn raids across Europe, including in Luton and Essex.
Around 120 immigration and police officers from Home Office Immigration Enforcement and Kent Police searched addresses in London, Luton and Essex on Wednesday morning, while properties in France and Germany were also raided.
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| The Production And Policing Of Memories In Post-War Sri Lanka |
| 2013-05-23 |
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The aftermaths of wars are coined by various, often divergent, forms of national politics of commemoration and historiography. In a pluralistic world, states and governments are globally committed to the production, remembrance and celebration of their distinct interpretation of history and the memory of those who have fallen for the concept of the nation-state. Amidst their varying tales, at times, a common denominator can be found in the acknowledgement of an emphasis granted to the memorization of suffering and sacrifices, especially
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| Jayalalitha urges to redraw the maritime border with SL |
| 2013-05-23 |
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Mounting pressure on the Centre to retrieve Katchatheevu and redraw the maritime boundary with Sri Lanka, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said that it alone would enable Tamil Nadu fishermen to carry out fishing in their traditional waters without any apprehension about their safety.
Writing to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue again, she drew his attention to the unanimous resolution passed by the state assembly on May 3 pressing for the retrieval of the islet in the Palk Strait.
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| Sri Lanka army to reduce presence in northern Jaffna |
| 2013-05-22 |
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The Sri Lanka army has said that it would reduce the number of military camps in the former rebel stronghold of northern Jaffna and hand over lands back to their original owners.
“We will reduce the existing three,” Army chief Lt Gen Jagath Jayasuriya said.
The fourteen camps pulled out from different parts of Jaffna would be relocated in the main Palaly cantonment, he said on Tuesday.
Lands on which the camps were located would be handed back to their origina
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| Medical Council to recognize degree from Defence University |
| 2013-05-23 |
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The Cabinet has approved a proposal to allow the Sri Lanka Medical Council to recognize the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University.
The First Batch of Officer Cadets of the Faculty of Medicine of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University will be conferred with the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 2014.
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| Ganeshan Nimalaruban Case: De Facto CJ Denies Petitioner’s Right To See Replies Filed By AG |
| 2013-05-23 |
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De facto Chief Justice Mohan Peiris denies petitioner’s lawyers right to see replies filed by Attorney General
The Fundamental Rights case of Ganeshan Nimalaruban was taken before the Supreme Court yesterday. The Bench consisted of: Mohan Pieris CJ, P. A Ratnayake PC J and S Hettige J. In the course of submissions by the petitioner’s lawyers, Chief Justice Mohan Peiris made the following remarks: ”When the prison is under siege do you want the prisons commissioner have to read to them the Geneva Conventions?&r
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