Sri Lanka is keen to offer the United States counter terrorism expertise and assistance as part of efforts to broaden ties between both countries.

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the US, Jaliya Wickramasuriya, was quoted in the Congress Blog as saying that Sri Lanka believes the U.S. has an opportunity to participate in rebuilding the war battered country.

Two Campaigns announced by TGTE:

1) Urging U.N. Secretary General to Appoint an International Commission of Inquiry on Sri Lanka under Article 99 of the U.N. Charter.

2) Urging the Special Advisor of the U.N. Secretary General on the Prevention of genocide to Release 2007 Report on Sri Lanka.

New York, March 26, 2013--The BBC announced today that it has suspended all radio broadcasts in Sri Lanka following what it called "continued interruption and interference" by a national broadcaster in the country.

The Sri Lankan Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), the national broadcaster in the island nation, interrupted transmissions by the BBC's Tamil service between March 16 and 18 as the BBC was covering the U.N. Human Rights Council's discussions of Sri Lanka's human rights record, according to news r

The state-owned Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) has repeatedly censored its FM retransmission of the BBC’s Tamil-language broadcasts since 16 March, a day after the start of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council’s latest session, which has been looking at the issue of war crimes in Sri Lanka.

“The replacement of the BBC’s coverage of the Human Rights Council’s activities by completely unrelated programming is a direct violation of the Tamil population’s right to information,&rdq

With the IPL controversy intensifying, Newsfirst, joined hands with the NDTV, for the first time, for a joint special report, on the participation of Sri Lanka cricketers in the IPL in Chennai.

In a telephone interview with the NDTV former Sri Lanka cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan expressed these views.

''It is a sad day for cricket as well, because we are not allowed to play in certain parts in India''

The petition that was filed against the Ministry of Health by several tobacco companies with regard to the display of the pictorial warnings on 80% of the cigarette packets was taken up in the Supreme Court on Thursday.
The case was taken up before a bench comprising of Justices Saleem Marzook, Eva Wanesundera and Sathya Hettige.

A group of students of the Mapalana faculty of Agriculture in the Ruhunu University engaged in a demonstration on Tuesday in front of the university.

The demonstration was staged on several demands including the limitation of student admissions to the university.

The person who assaulted the Muslim priest remanded at the Kandy Head quarters Police station

The head priest of the Ratnapura mosque Mohamed Niyas Deen had been assaulted by a Muslim businessman Mohamed Hussain. He had been arrested by the Ratnapura Police In order that he be released a hundred of Muslims have surrounded the Ratnapura Headquarters Police station pleading to release him.

The National Identity Card to be printed in both Sinhala and Tamil languages in future

It has been confirmed by the Minister of National Languages and social integration, Vasudeva Nanayakkara that hereafter all National Identity cards will be issued in both Sinhala and languages

This has been made owing to many requests that the Tamil language is going to be in par with the Sinhala language as the Tamil language is also due to be given equal recognition as the  National Sinhala language.

Unless the harassment meted out to Muslims stops, Sri Lankan employees in the Middle East could also face similar intimidation by extremists groups in those countries, the UNP warned yesterday.

Addressing the media, UNP Parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera said Muslims are being subject to many forms of harassment by extremist groups with the support of the government. He urged the government to lay down rules protecting the freedom to practice one's religion so as to avert racial disharmony.