Two villages in Mannar which were isolated reopened

Solheim says cannot understand why Tamils loved Prabhakaran

Former Norwegian peace mediator?Erik Solheim says he cannot understand how LTTE leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran got an enormous standing among Tamils and how he could be seen as their god, creator, and saviour at the time. Solheim told?WION he regrets that the he could not spend more time with Prabhakaran to influence him. “I met him more often than any other foreigner did in the world because basically he just met Tamils, only once met a Muslim delegation in Sri Lanka, met with a few Sinhalese

18 Aug, 2017

Foreign Minister asserts no chance of having foreign judges

Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana today asserted there is no chance of Sri Lanka having foreign judges in the post war accountability process. Speaking to reporters after assuming duties at the Foreign Ministry,?Marapana said that the Constitution is clear there cannot be a?foreign judge in a local judicial process. “We have made this clear to the international community and they have accepted that,” he said. The Minister said that the international call is for foreign jurists to be involved as

18 Aug, 2017

Mahinda claims his family being used to deflect attention

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says his family is being used to deflect public attention from corruption allegations raised against the Government. He says the extent of the panic in the Government is evident in the shrill announcement that special courts will be established to hear cases involving the Rajapaksas. This week three members of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s family ? his wife Shiranthi Rajapaksa and younger sons Yoshitha and Rohitha were questioned by the CID and FCID. “My wife was aske

17 Aug, 2017