Shooting in Aluthgama kills one person

Case filed on Indian hand in Lankan war

A Malaysia-based Tamil lawyer has moved the Indian Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe into reports that India allegedly helped Sri Lanka crush the LTTE in a war that left some 40,000 Tamils dead, the IANS news service reported. The public interest litigation (PIL) was filed by solicitor and advocates firm Meharia and Co on behalf of advocate A. Kanesalingam, a Tamil of Sri Lankan origin. Kanesalingam urged the court that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe should study the ?extent of

20 Mar, 2013

Developing countries behind Sri Lanka

Developing countries expressed their confidence for the efforts made by Sri Lanka towards achieving national reconciliation and commended its level of cooperation with the UN, the?Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the UN in?Geneva said in a statement. The statement said that the?developing countries?clearly highlighted that the report (A/HRC/22/38) tabled today at the UN Human Rights Council under the agenda item 2 by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) was unwarranted a

20 Mar, 2013

Canadian envoy holds talks in Sri Lanka

Visiting Canadian special envoy Hugh Segal has had talks with several officials and others in Colombo. Special Envoy to the Commonwealth, Canadian Senator Hugh Segal, is in Sri Lanka as an envoy to the Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. ?I have had a day and a half of meetings with various civil society groups, some parliamentarians, international organizations, Commonwealth and other diplomats and officials of your Foreign Ministry,? he told the Colombo Gazette. He said that he will

19 Mar, 2013