IUSF convener remanded for violating bail conditions

Sri Lanka may get more time at UNHRC

Sri Lanka may get more time to show progress on human rights issues, when the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meets in February and March for its 40th session. A follow-up resolution on Sri Lanka is expected to be submitted to the council, but the European Union (EU) hinted at the possibility of it urging the Council to give Sri Lanka more time. The EU Ambassador to Sri Lanka Tung-Lai Margue has told The Sunday Morning that there was progress on the part of Sri Lanka in addressing human rights

27 Jan, 2019

UN Chief, UN Security Council condemn attack on Sri Lankan troops

The UN Secretary-General, Ant?nio Guterres, strongly condemned the attack which led to the deaths of two ?blue helmets? from Sri Lanka and injured six others. Guterres conveyed his ?deep condolences to the Government of Sri Lanka, and the families of the victims?, and wished a speedy recovery to those injured. A peacekeeper from Burkina Faso was also injured in a separate IED attack against another convoy near the same area, on Thursday. ?These cowardly acts will not deter MINUSMA?s determina

26 Jan, 2019

Group of 83 refugees to return from Tamil Nadu

A group of 83 refugees will be returning to Sri Lanka from Tamil Nadu on Tuesday through the process facilitated by?the Colombo office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said. Thousands of Tamils fled Sri Lanka to Tamil Nadu between 1983-1984 and were housed in refugee camps across Tamil Nadu. Over the past few years a number of refugees had returned voluntarily with the assistance of the UN refugee agency. The government has also encouraged the refugees to return an

27 Jan, 2019