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GTF takes action against British Foreign Secretary over SL diplomat

Mar 30

An international Tamil diaspora organisation has launched legal action against the British Foreign Secretary William Hague, over the failure to declare a senior Sri Lankan diplomat accused of war crimes a ‘persona non grata’.

Massive tax hike as IMF prepare to meet

The Sri Lankan government has raised taxes on cigarettes, alcohol and automobiles in an attempt to meet conditions for an instalment from an IMF loan, according to an opposition MP.

Cyclone displaces the displaced within Manik Farm camp

9 people have been injured and over 2,000 refugees have been displaced from within Manik Farm camp, after a cyclone tore through the area on Saturday.

Over 200 temporary shelters within the camp were also destroyed within the camp, according to BBC Sinhala, who spoke to the Settikulam police.

Rajapaksa tells Sri Lankan media to broadcast the truth

Addressing journalists and media workers in Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa asked the country's media to 'broadcast true information and render its service for the country with its great power of truth', the Colombo Page reports.

Rajapaksa added that it was the responsibility of the country's media to safeguard the country from the unnecessary challenges it faces from foreign media.

Rajapaksa made this address at the opening ceremony of yet another state orchestrated media project - the Media Development Center of the Department of Government Information Department.

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Writing in his online blog, the British news anchor, Jon Snow from Channel 4 questions whether the England cricket team should be playing in Sri Lanka on tour, whilst war crimes and crimes against humanity remain unaccounted for.

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Vote for UNHRC resolution was in India's national interest - Menon

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Mervyn steadfast in vow to “break limbs”

Sri Lanka’s Public Relations Minister Meryvn Silva remained obstinate on Tuesday in his pledge to “break the limbs” of those who work against Sri Lanka, as he continued to threaten those labelled as “traitors” to the country.

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Accountability paramount for peace – APPGT

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (APPGT) has welcomed the UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka in a statement released on Tuesday.

Several members of the APPGT, from the ruling coalition and the opposition Labour Party, attended the 19th UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, including Siobhain McDonough MP, Tom Brake MP and John Mann MP.

European embassies that serve no purpose will close - Sri Lanka

Less than a week after the European Union was at the forefront of passing a resolution at the UNHRC calling for accountability, than Sri Lanka's spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Tuesday that the government had decided to close embassies in Europe that were not serving any purpose, opening up new embassies in Asia instead.

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