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Sri Lanka notes “rapid growth” of relations with Canada

Sri Lanka has noted the “rapid growth” of relations with Canada which saw the visit of the Foreign Minister of Canada to Sri Lanka in 2016, the first in 13 years. The 70th Anniversary of Sri Lanka?s Independence was celebrated at the Sri Lanka High Commissioner?s Official Residence in Canada in the presence of over 160 guests who braved a wintry afternoon to be present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Sri Lanka?s High Commissioner to Canada, Ahmed A. Jawad enumerated important develo

06 Feb, 2018

Former Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom arrested

Former Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and his son-in-law were arrested by the Maldives authorities. In a late night operation after declaring a state of emergency, the Maldives security forces broke into?Gayoom’s house and arrested him as well as his son-in-law. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s daughter Yumna Maumoon said the?police broke down the door and arrested her father and her husband. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom ruled the country as the President of Maldives from 1978 to 2008. He has, in the

05 Feb, 2018

President Sirisena says no secret detention or torture camps

President Maithripala Sirisena today assured the minority Tamil community that his Government was not running any secret detention or torture camps in the country. Sirisena said he was concerned about the persons who are still missing, years after the end of nearly three-decade-long brutal civil war. “I have several times met the relatives of the disappeared persons. I am concerned about their problem of the missing relatives,” Sirisena said while campaigning in Jaffna for the February 10 loca

05 Feb, 2018