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Article 19
By R.M.B Senanayake -R.M.B SenanayakeR.M.B SenanayakeLast week a group of women from the North whose kith and kin had disappeared during or after the war and of whom they had no information, had...
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Raise War Crimes with Visiting Sri Lankan President
TGTE to Japanese Prime Minister:( March 13, 2013, New York City, Sri Lanka Guardian) As the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse begins his State visit to Japan, the Prime Minister of the...
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Marines: An over-anxiety to oblige the Italian Govt.
| by B.Raman( March 12, 2013, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) An over-anxiety on the part of the Government of India to oblige the Italian Government on the issue of the two Italian Marines, who have been...
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The Bengal Tigers in the R&AW cage
R&AW trained Crusader 100 in action in Bangladesh| by Jessica Fox( April 23, 2012, Dhaka, Sri Lanka Guardian) Strictly scrutinized 100 armed cadres of the ruling Awami League in Bangladesh, who...
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Sri Lankan government fails to pay salaries to state transport sector employees
Wed, Mar 13, 2013, 08:43 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Mar 13, Colombo: A trade union affiliated to Sri Lanka's state transport sector says that employees at Sri Lanka Transport Board...
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Sri Lanka's Buddhist nationalists suspect conspiracy behind removal of Halal...
Tue, Mar 12, 2013, 10:13 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Mar 12, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Buddhist nationalists today expressed their dissatisfaction over the compromise reached on the Halal...
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Sri Lanka's Renuka Agri Foods buys remaining stake of Richlife Dairies
Tue, Mar 12, 2013, 09:43 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Mar 12, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Renuka Agri Foods PLC has purchased a 24 percent stake of Richlife Dairies Limited for Rs. 100...
View ArticleLanka likely to seek a vote on US resolution
Geneva HR parley:March 12, 2013, 9:55 pmby Shamindra Ferdinando Having refused to negotiate with the US on the text of the forthcoming second US resolution targeting Sri Lanka before the United...
View ArticleIndia not immune to human rights criticism
March 12, 2013, 10:00 pmby Shamindra Ferdinando Those wanting India to back a second US resolution against Sri Lanka at the ongoing 22 sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) had...
View ArticleKotelawala Defence Uni opens its doors to civilians
March 12, 2013, 10:17 pmby Chandrasiri WeerasingheGen Sir John Kotelawala Defence University has decided to open its doors to civilian students to apply for its degree courses other than medical and...
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Non implementation of devolution pledges, a reason for US resolution at UNHRC
- Tissa AttanayakeMarch 12, 2013, 10:31 pmby Zacki JabbarThe intense pressure that was building up against the Rajapaksa government at the ongoing UNHRC annual sessions, was not only due it its...
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And the cold war goes on
March 12, 2013, 7:27 pmBy Kath NoblePressure for a war crimes investigation continues to mount. With the sessions of the UN Human Rights Council entering their second week, activists descended on key...
View ArticleUNHRC sessions: A proactive strategy, need of the hour
March 12, 2013, 9:10 pmA drastic change is required as regards the strategy that Sri Lanka must adopt at the UNHRC sessions in Geneva. To date, our strategy has been merely reactive: our delegations...
View ArticleUneasy neighbourhood India responds in muted fashion
March 12, 2013, 8:44 pmby Salman HaidarIT is not unusual for Pakistani leaders to visit the dargah at Ajmer Sharif during their term of office, to pay tribute and make obeisance at what is the premier...
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LTTE plan goes awry
March 12, 2013, 8:49 pmPart-116 By Shamindra FerdinandoThe then President Ranasinghe Premadasa and the army top brass ignored rapid LTTE preparations for war in the immediate aftermath of the IPKF...
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How the Cabinet of Ministers worked– 45 years ago
March 12, 2013, 8:58 pmBy I. K. WeerawardeneRtd SLASCommissioner Agrarian ServicesAdditional Secretary Mahaweli MinistryAssistant Secretary Cabinet of Ministers etc. Cabinet government in theory has...
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Miliband’s self-righteous moralisingMarch 12, 2013, 8:43 pmFormer British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has, in an article published in the UK Guardian newspaper on Monday, urged the British...
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President Obama upbraids China over cyber attacks
President Barack Obama has said in a TV interview that the US is engaging in "tough talk" with China about its alleged cyber attacks on America.Mr Obama told ABC News some, but not all, hacking...
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Pakistan soldier 'stoned to death for affair' in Kurram
A soldier accused of having an affair with a local woman has been stoned to death on the orders of tribal elders in north-west Pakistan, officials say.Elders in Kurram tribal agency said scores of...
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India raids over AgustaWestland bribery charges
The AW-101 and its variants can carry up to 45 troops with full equipment and is capable of air-to-air re-fuellingPolice in India have raided the home of the former air force chief SP Tyagi over...
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