Nearly 200 garment workers taken to hospital in Hatton

Lanka to continue to train its military personnel in India

Notwithstanding stiff opposition from political parties in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka on Wednesday asserted that it was “very firm” on continuing the training programme of its defence personnel in India and ruled out sending them to countries like China. Sri Lanka’s powerful Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa, also the brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, said his country looks at India in a “much bigger way” than China. During an interaction with visiting Indian journalists, Rajapaks

03 Oct, 2012

MR says IT should not be used to sow hatred

Strategists and regulators in telecommunications and ICT should think of ways to prevent this great technology being used to sow hatred and examine how to avoid the advances of instant communication being the source and cause of violence against faiths, cultures and traditions that need respect and protection, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. “ICT must not be the tool of societies that pay homage to material values and pay no heed to the values of decency, tolerance and humanity, President Raj

02 Oct, 2012

Operational role of UNHCR in Sri Lanka to be phased down

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has told?the 63rd Session of the Executive Committee of the UNHCR that?the operational role of the UNHCR in Sri Lanka will be phased down. He however said the UNHCR will continue to be committed to supporting voluntary repatriation of some of the refugees of Sri Lanka from India, as well as with the resettlement of the remainder of the internally displaced in their places of origin, Sri Lanka’s Permanent Mission to Geneva said today. Sri L

03 Oct, 2012