Sarath Jayamanne appointed Bribery Commission DG

India tells Basil keep 13A

India on Friday told Sri Lanka categorically not to dilute a key constitutional provision that promises autonomy to the Tamil minority, the IANS new service reported. External affairs minister Salman Khurshid conveyed the message to Sri Lankan minister Basil Rajapaksa that Colombo should go beyond the 13th amendment to the constitution “to ensure meaningful development of Sri Lanka”. Basil Rajapaksa, a brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday on a short visit to I

05 Jul, 2013

Lankan refugee challenges detention

A High Court challenge has been launched in Australia against the indefinite detention of a Sri Lankan woman who received an adverse security assessment from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation?(ASIO), ABC news in Australia reported. The woman, Ranjini, was pregnant and living in Melbourne when she was originally granted refugee status. But a subsequent adverse security assessment saw her flown to Sydney with her nine and seven-year-old sons and new born baby and detained at Villaw

05 Jul, 2013

India wants deal respected

India says the Sri Lankan government must respect the agreement reached between both countries and first discuss any changes bilaterally before going ahead with such changes. Indian Minister of State V.?Narayanasamy told the BBC Sandeshiya that India however is not putting undue pressure on the Sri Lankan government with regards to the 13th Amendment. He says India is against diluting the powers in the?13th Amendment to the constitution which came about through the Indo-Lanka accord in 1987. The

05 Jul, 2013