Seventy Sri Lankans attempting to migrate illegally to Australia were rescued Wednesday after the timely intervention of the Navy, an official said.
The illegal migrants were rescued off a fishing vessel by merchant ships in international waters after the Sri Lankan Navy sent out messages, Navy Spokesman, Kosala Warnakulasuriya, told media.

Holding that there was no change in India's stand on the issue of reconciliation and devolution of political powers to ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has informed Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa that New Delhi will work towards ensuring that Tamils are "masters of their own destiny within framework of a united Sri Lanka."

"There is absolutely no change in Government of Indias stand on the question of reconciliation and devolution of political powers in Sri Lanka. "We have long a

The Sri Lankan Constitution paves the way for racism, as Section 18 states that Sinhala is the official language of Sri Lanka, JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe said yesterday.

However, section 19 states that Sinhala and Tamil are the national languages of Sri Lanka, he said adding that it must be changed.

Amarasinghe was addressing the launch of the JVP’s proposals to solve the national problem, titled ‘An Approach to the Solution of the National Question’, at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute.

Most people hate to see themselves as murderers. This influences the manner in which they perceive public and private tragedies, and memory often rejects the unpleasant and sanitises the true nature of the event. So it happened with Tamils in the way they sanitised and rationalised instances of Tamil violence against Sinhalese and Muslims. Several of these have been described in our reports over the years. The Sri Lankan State with its ideology is an institution, which most Sinhalese actively or passively empathised with. The fact that t

The Ministry of Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs says that new religious places are built without any standards needed for the place.

According to the Ministry, they have been reported that the places are started as Dhamma schools, tuition class, library or social service centers and later convert them to religious places.

The Ministry states that there are individuals and organizations who are opposing these religious places and due to this there could be conflicts between the religions.

“….anyone who dresses or speaks differently is not simply a different person, but a different animal from a different sty with whom there can be no accommodation, and who must be hated and hounded out”. - Victor Klemperer (The Language of the Third Reich)

The spirit of Black July is not dead. It is alive; triumphantly, confidently and self-righteously alive.

The politico-economic and socio-psychological premises which enabled the shameful carnage of Black July did not emerge from a vacuum, instantly

A group of parents of students attending Meepawala Amarasuriya Vidyalaya in Galle, staged a large demonstration in front of the school recently demanding the removal of the principal.

The protesters claimed the school, which was known for its maintenance of discipline, had declined in standards due to the present principal's poor administration.

The placards carried by the protestors had slogans that read – 'authorities wake up,' 'rescue the school at least now,' 'Your Excellency, pleas

The establishment of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) cannot exist without checks and balances, especially feedback from the public, said a Sri Lankan human rights lawyer.

Relating the establishment of the National Police Commission in Sri Lanka and applying it in the Malaysian context, senior advocate Kishali Esther Pinto Jayawardena told fz.com the IPCMC cannot exist without a framework that would constantly place pressure on the government for its importance.

Over begun a protest march demanding fair prices for their products.

Traffic on the Galle road heading towards Galle was blocked at Rawathawatta due to this protest march, which began in front of the Katubedda Anandaramaya with the participation of the clergy.

Several protesters had hurled water bottles at the Minister of Postal Services Jeewan Kumaranatunga who went to inquire from the carpenters regarding their issues.

Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday announced a token strike in Kegalle on Thursday accusing former Karawanella hospital director Dr. Indika Jagoda of assuming functions of the Regional Director Health Services Dr. Gamini Seneviratne without authority.

The GOMA Branch union would launch a taken strike in protest of the action by Dr. Jagoda on July 25 from 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., GMOA Committee Member Dr. Nalinda Herath told a medical conference held at the GMOA head office.