It is common knowledge how LTTE terrorists and their supporters the world over had exploited international summits to mislead the world community during the 2006-2009 humanitarian operation.

They targeted international fora such as the United Nations General Assembly, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) and UN Human Rights Council sessions to fortify their campaign against Sri Lanka and woo international sympathy.

Even after the world's most ruthless terrorist outfit was crushed militarily in May 20

It was during a week like this, 30 years ago (July 23, 1983), that this country experienced a game-changer; a watershed in its modern history. This was the July 1983 riots triggered from the ambush and killing of 13 soldiers, including a young officer at Thinnaveli in Jaffna by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

The riots in Colombo and other major towns in the ‘South’ witnessed the savagely brutish murders of nearly 500 innocent Sri Lankan Tamil people, the wanton destruction of property, the instilling

The Ministry of Private Transport Service has agreed to review the National Bus Fare Policy, following discussions held with the bus owners associations and commuters.

Discussions were held at the ministry yesterday, in order to resolve the issues regarding the annual bus fare revision. During the discussion, General Secretary of the All Island Private Bus Owners’ Federation (AIPBOF), Anjana Priyanjith, stressed that 10% bus fare hike is very much required for bus owners and requested authorities to provide it without mu

Given the thousands who held deposits in the failed Golden Key credit card company, and the size of its deposit fund of many billion rupees, it is no surprise that the state of play in the protracted litigation and other efforts to sort the mess remains in the news. Chief Justice Mohan Pieris, presiding over a three-judge bench hearing a fundamental rights action filed by some depositors, was reported to have remarked last week that the depositors should be grateful for the efforts of the courts to formulate a scheme to give them some re

valid identity documents submitted applications to the mobile identity document service organized by Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) Department for Persons Registration and Centre for Human Rights (CHR) in the last six days.  These programs are implemented targeting in Kilinochchi, Vanni and Jaffna Districts.

In addition 1584 people also applied for birth certificates during the Mobile Clinic held at Karachchi Divisional Secretariat held between the 9th and 11th and