Lanka IOC hopes to increase fuel prices in October

Modi assures he will “wipe the tears of Sri Lankan Tamils”

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured that his Government will “wipe the tears of Sri Lankan Tamils”. Modi said this while addressing election rallies in Chennai and Hosur town in Tamil Nadu ahead of the Assembly polls. Modi said he was the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Jaffna and added that his Government would wipe the tears of Sri Lankan Tamils, The Tribune newspaper reported. He also said that?30,000 of the 50,000 houses to be built with Indian assistance in Sri Lanka had

07 May, 2016

Namal asked to appear before PRECIFAC and FCID at same time

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has been asked to appear before?the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate and inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC)?and the police Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) on the same day at the same time next week. Rajapaksa, the son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, tweeted saying he has been asked appear before?PRECIFAC and the FCID on

07 May, 2016

UN committee led by Lankan envoy finds Israeli security forces used force

A United Nations human rights committee headed by Sri Lanka’s?Permanent Representative to the UN in New York,?Israeli security forces have used disproportionate force, in some instances leading to possible extra-judicial executions?in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The committee headed by Amrith Rohan Perera?completed its annual evaluation of the situation affecting millions of people living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, during which representations were made by civil society

07 May, 2016