“Although it is not known yet who is responsible for Monday’s heinous bombings at the Boston Marathon that killed three and injured more than 100 people, a source within the Iranian Intelligence Services told WND, the Islamic regime was behind them, and to look for trails through Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.”

Early in his article Mr Guruparan writes “So much for the argument that LTTE was the only obstacle for the Sinhala polity to positively consider ‘state transformation’.” That is known as setting up a straw man and beating it. Who in the Sinhala polity wanted state transformation as distinct from state reform? Those who did, such as the Sudu Nelum supporters of CBK’s ‘union of regions’ packages of ’95 and ’97 (different from the more modest Aug 2000 draft Constitution) and those who ag

Britain has called on the Sri Lankan government to protect journalists and ensure freedom of expression.

British Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said that Britain continues to have serious concerns about human rights in Sri Lanka, including in regards to freedom of opinion and expression, and in light of recent attacks on a number of journalists.

He said the British Government is concerned at reports of interference with the programming of the BBC, and consider the provision of impartial news to be very import

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa today vehemently rejected the allegations made against the country by the United States in its recently issued human rights report.

The President said the government is constantly bound to protect human rights and the government will bring the persons responsible for any violations of human rights to the book.

He made these remarks when he met with the heads of all electronic and printed media institutions at Temple Trees this morning.

Bangladesh has said it will back Sri Lanka on the human rights issue, the President’s office said today.

The Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh Shahidul Haque gave the assurance when he met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees today.

During the meeting, Secretary Haque reassured the support of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka at international for a, the President’s office said.

National United Front General Secretary and former deputy Mayor of Colombo Azath Sally had been interrogated by the CID on yesterday, Mr. Sally said in a media communiqu .

It is reported that the inquiry was conducted with regard to alleged spreading of racial and religious discord through cell phone short messages.

During the inquiry, Mr. Sally had been questioned regarding a journalist from English media, who was supposed to have sent 27 short messages to create tension among Muslims, three of which were sent to h

Leader of the New Sihala Urumaya Sarath Manamendra was arrested by the Welikada police this afternoon.

He was arrested for failing to appear in court over a domestic issue, the police said.

Manamendra said that he was arrested by the Welikada police and is scheduled to be produced in court.

The Commonwealth Lawyers Association went a step further and made an unprecedented call for Sri Lanka’s suspension from the Commonwealth of Nations. Funke Aboyade who in Cape Town, explains why…

The ‘Bad’ Member States…
Recent developments in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe took centre stage at last week’s Commonwealth Law Conference in Cape Town, South Africa with the General Assembly of members giving unanimous acclaim to the Resolution by their Association, the Commonwealth Lawyers Associati

Sri Lanka has dodged a diplomatic bullet by not being included in the agenda of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) in London, to be held on the 26th of this month.

External Affairs Ministry secretary K. Amunugama said yesterday that Sri Lanka was not on the agenda for the CMAG.
 
In February this year External Affairs Minister G.L Peiris met Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma to try to dissuade him from including Sri Lanka on the agenda of the CMAG, despite pressure from countries such a

Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha, has called for "a balanced approach" in addressing the objectives of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Noting that "Sri Lanka remains fully committed to the nuclear non-proliferation commitments of the NPT and have steadfastly and consistently supported the global initiatives on non-proliferation", Ambassador Aryasinha noted that "nuclear non-proliferation however remains one of three pillars o