The conduct of Sri Lanka’s maiden Northern Provincial Council elections and the landslide electoral victory of the major Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) have to be factually assessed and correctly understood, considering inevitably the intransigent ground politico-military realities.

The army has assured the UN a full and impartial inquiry into allegations a Sri Lankan soldier serving the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti, had raped a Haitian woman.

On the directions of the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake, three senior officers of the Army, appointed to the Court of Inquiry (CoI), convened to investigate the allegations is to leave for Haiti shortly for extensive inquiries.

President Arrives in New York 1NEW YORK: President Mahinda Rajapaksa and First Lady Shiranthi Wickramasinghe Rajapaksa arrived in New York City Sunday afternoon. President Rajapaksa will attend the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and is scheduled to deliver his address Sept. 24.

The President and First Lady were welcomed by the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Dr. Palitha Kohona, the Deputy Permanent Representative Maj. Gen. Shavendra Silva, staff members of the Permanent Mis

Foreign Ministers of Canada and India say no decision has been made about their countries’ participation Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The final decision will be made by the two Prime Ministers stated the ministers  at a press conference in Toronto yesterday.

India’s external affairs minister Salman Khurshid said Saturday’s Northern Provincial Council elections concluded satisfactory and hoped enhanced dialogue would take place between parties in Sri L

The External Affairs Ministry of Sri Lanka has instructed the country's overseas missions to avoid unnecessary travel expenses and to restrict travel requirements within the allocated budget.

External Affairs Ministry Secretary Karunathilaka Amunugama said that the Ministry has issued the relevant instructions to the Sri Lankan diplomatic missions overseas and all Sri Lankan diplomats would have to abide by this directive.

The United States has urged the Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa government to extend full support to the new civilian government in the Tamil-dominated northern region.

"Now that the people of Sri Lanka have chosen provincial councils to represent their interests, it is incumbent upon the Government of Sri Lanka to support the new civilian leadership of the provinces," State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said yesterday.

Dr Purna Sen was head of human rights at the Commonwealth Secretariat from 2008 until 2011Dr Purna Sen was head of human rights at the Commonwealth Secretariat from 2008 until 2011

The former head of Human Rights at the Commonwealth, Dr Purna Sen, has condemned the Sri Lankan Government over the harassment of activists campaigning for LGBT rights.

With Pakistan energising its ISI ‘watchtower’ in Colombo, India would have to depend on Wigneswaran and his provincial government as allies to counter this threat to southern India

The landslide victory scored by the Tamil National Alliance in the Northern Provincial Council has presented a fresh and perhaps the best opportunity in recent times for the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka.

A total of 49 Sri Lankan nationals were found hiding in trucks by Kedah Immigration Department enforcement officers in Jalan Sultanah Bahiyah, Malaysia today.

The foreigners were believed to have gone into hiding after learning that officers were rounding up on illegal immigrants.
 
The department’s deputy director Aidil Safri Adnan said the suspects were among 66 foreigners rounded up during a four-hour operation which started at night.

India is known to be ardent supporter of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which was born out of the Indo-Lanka Pact India is known to be ardent supporter of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which was born out of the Indo-Lanka Pact