When sittings commence in Westminster Hall, UK, tomorrow, a debate on the killing of UK national, Khuram Shaikh, in Tangalle, will take place, UK MP Simon Danczuk, told Ceylon Today.

When the debate titled, Simon Danczuk: Justice in Sri Lanka, begins, the MP will raise concerns with a Foreign Office Minister on how slowly the wheels of justice are moving in the case pertaining to the killing of Khuram Shaikh.

Nehru certainly was fortunate that he did live to see the tragedy –how Buddhists, especially Buddhist monks, were hounded and beaten up by his compatriots during the reign of his own kith and kin – the Gandhis, while the family maintained stony silence.

And this family also includes his charismatic great grand-daughter Priyanka who holds a masters’ degree in Buddhist philosophy.

The Malwatu-Asigiri Maha Nayaka Thera’s yesterday condemned the recent attacks on Sri Lankans’ visiting Tamil Nadu and conveyed their protest in writing to the Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka. The Mahanayaka Thera’s warned that the long standing friendly ties between India and Sri Lanka will be at risk if the Indian government did not take adequate steps to stop such intimidation.

Commenting on the efforts to defeat LTTE, the Mahanayaka’s emphasised that the government had acted to protect the cou

Graduates recently recruited to the public sector, are opposed to the proposed skills development programme, of the Defence Ministry, claiming that graduates do not need a ‘military training’.

General Secretary of the Graduate Employees’ Union Chandana Suriyarachchi told The Island that graduates attached to the Economic Development Ministry, working countrywide, had already received letters asking them to participate in the training from March 25 to April 09 at military establishments countrywide.

The final draft of the United States-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka, submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on 18 March, will be taken up for voting on Thursday, still with possible minor oral revisions.

Highly placed diplomatic sources from Geneva said, some minor oral adjustments will be allowed, if necessary. “Some countries still feel the draft needs some work. There are some concerns,” a Sri Lankan delegate said.

"India's position has always been that UN should adopt a strong resolution to goad Sri Lanka to accept an independent investigation," said Finance Minister P Chidambaram on the amendments India will seek in Geneva.  But 24 of the 47 member countries of the UN Human Rights Council will have to back any changes that India wants, which is unlikely. (Read: Govt is neither lame nor a duck, say ministers on DMK crisis)

The DMK, which pulled out of the government yesterday, wanted India to  add strong language

Former commander-turned-politician Sarath Fonseka spoke as international pressure has been growing for an independent investigation into possible war crimes. The U.N. Human Rights Council is discussing a draft resolution, and rights groups and foreign governments have called for a probe of the civil war that ended in 2009, after the government troops crushed the separatist rebels.

The Tamil Tigers fought for a separate state for the ethnic minority Tamils for more than a quarter century. A U.N. investigation indicated the ethn

Protests against the Sri Lankan government’s human rights record heated up in the city on Tuesday, with road and rail rokos, demonstrations and fasts taking place across several locations. While a few train services were briefly disrupted and traffic had to wend its way through marches, the agitations were mostly peaceful.
Resolution burnt

Over 40 members of the Tamil Nadu Youth Front staged a protest by burning copies of the US resolution on Sri Lanka as well as the Indian government’s recent statement on the

The three men, belonging to Naam Tamizhar Tamil, were nabbed by police in Periamet

The Government Railway Police (GRP) have arrested the three men who attacked a Buddhist monk at Chennai Central railway station on Monday.

W.M.K. Bhandara (33) was attacked by the men on board the Tamil Nadu Express, just as it arrived at the station.

On checking CCTV footage, the GRP found that one of the attackers, was wearing a cap and sporting a beard.

Whatever may, or may not happen as far as the US resolution to be brought against Sri Lanka at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva , the US will not table the final draft of the resolution without consulting India, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratna yesterday told the Daily News.

Asked if the government was expecting the Indian government’s influence on the US resolution to be in favour of Sri Lanka, Minister Senaratna said, ‘Whatever India’s stand wil