• Sri Lanka government attempts to distance itself from Fonseka

    In a further attempt to distance itself from the former army commander, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka's Leader of the House said this week that Mr Fonseka's views were personal and not that of the government's. 

  • Gotabaya forms new organisation to defeat plans for new constitution

    The former Sri Lankan defence secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday launched a new organisation aimed at defeating the government's plans for a new constitution. 

    Claiming the new constitution was aimed at appeasing the "LTTE diaspora" and would lead to secession, Mr Rajapaksa vowed to defeat the project. 

    "Separate state can't be given on platter vicariously thru new constitution after 30 years of sacrifice #SriLanka #Eliya #NoToSeparateState" he tweeted. 

  • Krishanthi Kumaraswamy and family members killed in Chemmani massacre remembered in Jaffna

    The Chemmani massacre of 1996, in which Sri Lankan soldiers raped and murdered Tamil schoolgirl, Krishanthi Kumaraswamy, and murdered three of her family members that had come looking for her, was remembered today in Jaffna.

  • Tension in Amparai as Buddhist monks told to stop construction of pilgrim rest-house

    A tense situation arose in Amparai on Saturday when police ordered Buddhist monks to stop construction work near a Buddhist vihara in Manikkamadu.

    The monks have been attempting to build a rest house on what they claim is land belonging to the vihara and Buddhist archaeological site on Mayakalli hill, but were told to stop by police when the Muslim and Tamil landowners obtained a court order against the construction.

  • India provides another offshore patrol vessel to Sri Lanka Coast Guard

    The Indian government has provided an Offshore Patrol Vessel to the Sri Lanka Coast Guard, handing it over in a ceremony in Kochi, India on Tuesday.

  • Japan in talks with India to develop Sri Lanka's Trincomalee harbour

    Japan has initiated talks with Sri Lanka and India with the view of developing the deep water port in Trincomalee, reports Dailymirror.lk.

    Speaking to journalists in Trincomalee, Japans Ambassador to Sri Lanka Kenichi Suganuma said, Trincomalee was an important strategically located deep sea port which had potential for future development.

  • Merged North-East in federal and secular system could be solution says Tamil People's Council

    A federal and secular system with self-determination for the merged Northern and Eastern Provinces could be the solution for Sri Lanka’s ethnic issue, the Tamil People’s Council has said.

    In a declaration made on Tuesday, TPC added that all Muslim and Sinhala people native to the merged North-East Tamil homeland would be entitled to all the rights in the Federal Unit, including a separate political unit for Muslims.

    See full declaration below.

  • Government is waiting for witnesses to Welikada shooting to be killed says Sudesh

    The Sri Lankan government is not interested in witness protection but is waiting for key witnesses to the 2002 Welikada shooting to be killed, said Sudesh Nandimal, one of the key witnesses to the shooting. 

    This week, unidentified gunmen shot at the residence of Mr Nandimal, who is currently living with his sister's house in Moratuwa. He escaped unharmed but photographs of multiple bullet injuries to the property's front gate have emerged.

  • Sri Lankan navy attack Tamil Nadu fishermen

    Tamil Nadu fishermen have reported being attacked by Sri Lankan navy on Wednesday off the coast of Katchatheevu island. 

    Ten fishermen were injured in the attack, PTI reported, along side damage to 20 boats. 

    Navy officers chased them away from the area, warning of "severe consequences". 

    The attack comes just hours after the Sri Lankan navy transferred 80 released fishermen to Indian authorities. 


     

  • 158 Tamils disappeared from Eastern Uni in 1990 round-up remembered in Batticaloa

    158 Tamils rounded up and forcibly disappeared by the Sri Lankan Army from the Eastern University were remembered in Batticaloa today, on the 27th anniversary of their disappearance.

  • Protest in Mannar against Myanmar's Rohingya genocide

    Protestors in Mannar called for the Myanmar government to end genocide against the Rohingya people.

  • Buddhas on the A9 - Sinhalisation of Vavuniya

    The Sri Lankan Army continues in its mission of Sinhalising the Tamil homeland, specifically through the installation of Buddhist shrines within the premises of or in close proximity to Hindu temples in the North-East.

  • Gunmen fire at house of 2012 Welikada prison shooting witness

    Unidentified gunmen on Monday fired shots at the house of one of the key eye witnesses to the 2012 shooting at Welikada prison. 

    The witness, Sudesh Nandimal, wa not injured in the attack. He was residing at his sister's house in Moratuwa. 

  • Joint Opposition wants Fonseka sacked for betraying Sri Lankan army

    Sri Lanka's Joint Opposition on Tuesday called for Field Marshal and minister, Sarash Fonseka to be sacked from his position for his comments stating that he would be happy to stand as a witness against the former military general, Jagath Jayasuriya, who is accused of war crimes. 

  • Don't betray people by protecting so called war heroes' says Fonseka

    Dismissing criticism of his willingness to stand as a witness against the former Sri Lankan military general who has been accused of war crimes, Field Marshal and former army commander, Sarath Fonseka told the government, "don't betray people by protecting so called war heroes". 

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