Covid death toll in Sri Lanka rises to 1,363

Indians accuse Sri Lankan Navy

Indian fishermen in more than 600 fishing boats returned without fishing at Rameswaram after Sri Lankan Naval personnel allegedly pelted stones and bottles to prevent them from crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line near Katchatheevu, Indian fisheries department officials said on Tuesday. Stones and glass pieces were found strewn in more than 30 boats, and fishermen in more than 600 boats had to return on Monday night without fishing, they said. Katchatheevu is an islet ceded to Sri

07 Feb, 2012

Lanka releases new video on LTTE

Sri Lanka released a new video on Wednesday which looks at the various crimes committed by the Tamil Tiger rebels during a brutal 30 year war. The release of the video comes as Sri Lanka prepares to face pressure at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva later this month to probe allegations committed by the military during the war. The Sri Lankan Media Center for National Security said that the video titled ?Ruthless? recounts true accounts of survivors who once, had lived under the brutal and

08 Feb, 2012

TNA and Rapp hold talks

Ahead of a key UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session where the US may move an anti-Sri Lanka resolution, leaders of the main Tamil party on Tuesday met visiting US diplomat Stephen Rapp and discussed matters relating to the minority community. Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R Sampanthan and the party’s national list MP M A Sumanthiran held talks with Rapp, the US Ambassador at Large on Global Criminal Justice who is on a 4-day visit to the island nation. Several matters related to the

08 Feb, 2012