Finance Ministers of India and Sri Lanka discuss bilateral issues

Malaka, Rehan freed on bail

Malaka Silva, the son of Minister Mervyn Silva, and his friend Rehan Wijeyratne, were freed on bail by the Colombo Fort Magistrate today. The judge had approved bail after the Army Major who had initially filed a complaint against them over an assault incident, had later filed an affidavit saying both Malaka and Rehan were not involved and that it was a case of mistaken identity. Malaka and Rehan were earlier arrested after the Army Major lodged a complaint at the Slave Island police station a

21 Sep, 2012

MR to skip UN General Assembly?

President Mahinda Rajapaksa is not not expected to attend the U.N General Assembly next week despite being listed in the?provisional?list of speakers, reports said today The Asian Tribune website said that External Affairs Minister?G.L.Pieris will be leading the Sri Lankan delegation to the 67th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The General Assembly will convene a high-level meeting on the rule of law at the national and international levels next week during which heads of govern

21 Sep, 2012

Sri Lanka should treat Tamils with equality: CM to Rajapaksa

In the backdrop of protests against President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s visit to Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said it was expected from Sri Lanka to treat Tamils with equality and Colombo should highlight steps taken by it in this direction to clear doubts in the minds of people of both the nations. Stressing on strong and cordial relations between India and Sri Lanka, Chouhan said that “it was expected from the island nation to treat Tamils with equality and the Pre

21 Sep, 2012