Former TNA MP sentenced to jail

Lanka ?keen? to buy Bangladeshi medicine

Sri Lanka is keen to import medicines from Bangladesh under the government-to-government arrangement, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena told Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during their meeting in Dhaka today. The Prime Minister?s Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad briefed journalists after the meeting. He said the Prime Minister appreciated Sri Lanka?s willingness to purchase Bangladeshi medicines and requested the Lankan government to relax its registration requirements to help Bangla

10 Apr, 2013

Champika wants probe on India

Government Minister and Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) parliamentarian Champika Ranawaka says an independent investigation should be conducted on India’s role in Sri Lanka during the war. He said that India transformed the LTTE led by Vellupillai Prabakaran from a small militant outfit to a major rebel army. The Minister said that the LTTE had managed to obtain political support and safety from the Tamil Nadu administration. He said that all those involved in supporting and funding the LTTE in India

10 Apr, 2013

US Commander says Lanka must reconcile

Admiral Samuel Locklear, Commander of the US Pacific Command (PACOM), told US lawmakers during a Congressional hearing yesterday that Sri Lanka must reconcile with the end of the war. He said that Sri Lanka needs to work to move past its recent history and reconcile a nation divided by many years of civil war. The US Commander also said that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which was responsible for the Mumbai terrorist attack and other high-profile terrorist attacks in India over the past several years,

10 Apr, 2013