Sri Lanka frees 56 Indian fishermen arrested for poaching

US partners with Sri Lanka on oil spill management

Experts from the US Pacific Command provided training for disaster response counterparts from Sri Lanka and Maldives on preparation and response to potential oil spill scenario that could severely impact local environment and tourism. Both civilian and military participants shared experiences from recent oil spill response efforts, with hands-on field exercises that included a live demonstration at sea. ?Protecting the well-being of the Indian Ocean region is one of the reasons why it?s so impo

21 Sep, 2016

Malaysian activist to enter defence over screening Lanka film

Human rights activist Lena Rasathi Hendry in Malaysia?is?to enter her defence to a charge of screening a documentary on the Sri Lankan civil war without prior approval from the Film Censorship Board, the New Straits Times reported. Lena was calm in the dock this afternoon when the High Court issued the ruling that overturned her acquittal in relation to the unapproved screening of the documentary “No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka”. The 31-year-old was accused of committing the off

21 Sep, 2016

Sri Lanka seeks early solution to Indo-Lanka fishermen issue

Sri Lanka has called for a speedy solution to?the Indo-Lanka fishermen issue, President Maithripala Sirisena’s media division said today. Indian Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar called on President Sirisena at the UN Headquarters in New York. During this meeting?the fishermen issue was discussed and the President said the two Governments look at it as a humanitarian issue and whenever fishermen are arrested for illegal border crossing, the respective Governments release them a

21 Sep, 2016