Close contacts with LTTE faction trying to revive Eelam Ruki Fernando and Fr Praveen Mahesan, prominent activists of the National Peace Council (NPC), were taken into custody in Kilinochchi by the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID), Military spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasekera yesterday said.
External Affairs Minister G. L. Peiris yesterday raised ethical concerns on UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay heading a probe on human rights allegations against Sri Lanka while pointing out that she was neither legally nor financially provisioned to carry out such an inquiry.
අන්තර්ජාතික මුහුදු සීමා උල්ලංඝනය කරමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුහුදේ අනවසරයෙන් ධීවර කටයුතුවල නිරතවෙමින් සිටියදි නාවික හමුදාව විසින් අත්අඩංගුවට ගනු ලැබූ තවත් ඉන්දීය ධීවරයින් 32 දෙනෙකු හෙට (19) නිදහස් කරන බව නාවික හමුදාව පවසයි.
The United States Embassy in Colombo yesterday said, in a media statement, that Washington was concerned about the arrests and detention of several well-known Sri Lankan human rights defenders and activists over the past week. It urged the government to ensure that it abided by transparent legal procedures.
Reconciliation is achievable in a united Sri Lanka by Sri Lankans with the cooperation of partner countries, the Ambassador of France to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Jean-Paul Monchau said.
Friendship and brotherhood between Sri Lanka and India has a long history. Strengthening this is important for both countries, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage said.
කච්චතිව් දූපතේ ඓතිහාසික දේවස්ථානයේ සාන්ත අන්තෝනි මුනිතුමන්ගේ දිව්‍යමංගල්‍යය වෙනුවෙන් අද (16) පෙරවරුවේ ආරම්භ වූ දිව්‍ය මෙහෙය සඳහා ඉන්දියානු හා ශ්‍රී ලාංකික බැතිමත්හු පන්දහසකට වැඩි පිරිසක් දූපතට එක් ව සිටියහ.
A peaceful protest was held in Kalmunai town on Friday against the forces conspiring in the UN Human Rights Council against Sri Lanka. Muslims from many villages in the Ampara District participated in the procession.
A team of law enforcement officers conducting an investigation into recent distribution of hand bills in the north by LTTE propagandists with a message detrimental to national unity have trailed a known ex LTTE cadre named Gobi who had escaped from Vavuniya Welfare Centre immediately after the end of conflict. On reliable information that the Read More
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian passenger jet missing for more than a week had its communications deliberately disabled and its last signal came about seven and a half hours after takeoff, meaning it could have ended up as far as Kazakhstan or deep in the southern Indian Ocean, Prime Minister Najib Razak said Read More
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