Three passenger planes diverted to Mattala airport

Pro-LTTE supporters protest outside Sri Lankan mission in UK

Pro-LTTE supporters staged a protest outside the Sri Lankan High Commission in London today against Brigadier Priyanka Fernando, the Defence Attach? at the High Commission. The protest was jointly organized by the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam, Tamil Youth Organization, Tamil Coordinating Committee and Tamil Solidarity. The demonstrators were to march from the Sri Lankan High Commission to UK?s Foreign Commonwealth Office at King Charles Street, Westminster. The demonstrators are ur

09 Feb, 2018

UN committee tells Sri Lanka to transfer military run schools

A United Nations (UN) committee has urged Sri Lanka to ensure that all schools currently run by the military are transferred back under the Ministry of Education. The recommendation was made by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in its findings on Sri Lanka released today. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child examined Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Panama, Seychelles, Spain, Solomon Islands, Palau and Marshall Islands during its latest session from 15 January to 2 February in Geneva. T

08 Feb, 2018

Maldives denies snubbing Sri Lanka based foreign diplomats or India

The?Maldives today denied it had snubbed Sri Lanka based foreign diplomats who had sought meetings with the Maldives cabinet. The Maldives President’s office said that the?Administration today welcomed the half day visit by an EU/UK Delegation to the Maldives. The EU and UK diplomats are based in Sri Lanka and are accredited to the Maldives. During the visit the delegation met with Foreign Secretary, Ahmed Sareer, in the absence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs who is currently traveling to

08 Feb, 2018