Sivajilingam leads commemoration for LTTE leader’s birthday

US finds LTTE financial network still operational, ban remains

The United States has found that the?LTTE?s financial network of support continued operations in 2015 and so the ban on the outfit in the US will remain. The LTTE, in the past used its international contacts and the large Tamil diaspora in North America, Europe, and Asia to procure weapons, communications, funds, and other needed supplies. The group employed charities as fronts to collect and divert funds for its activities. The US State Department, in its annual country reports on terrorism,

03 Jun, 2016

Opposition says MR’s army security fully withdrawn despite concerns

The opposition says the army security of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been fully withdrawn despite concerns raised over the decision. Joint opposition member of Parliament Keheliya Rambukwella told reporters today that Rajapaksa was the only person who refused to give-in to pressure to stop the war against the LTTE. He said that protests were staged even overseas against the former President in an attempt to stop the defeat of the LTTE. Rambukwella said that the refused by?Rajapaksa

03 Jun, 2016

Wijenayake committee proposes Bill of Rights in report

The official committee on constitutional reforms in Sri Lanka has not been able to arrive at a consensus while making recommendations on several contentious areas such as the nature of state, national flag, religion, merger of provinces and land powers. Despite this, the 20-member committee has come up with an exhaustive Bill of Rights and provisions for curtailment of powers of the office of Governor, a subject that has been of great interest to the Northern and Eastern Provinces, The Hindu ne

03 Jun, 2016