Prime Minister ready to clarify before bond commission

BJP sees need for devolution

Sri Lanka?s post-war context requires empowerment along with development, and holding a free and fair election in the north, along with devolution, is central to it ? this was the broad message that the Indian delegation conveyed to President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday, according to BJP leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ravi Shankar Prasad, who led the team, a Hindu news report said. As part of a five-day visit, organised by the New Delhi-based India Foundation and B

08 Jun, 2013

Lanka accuses UN mandate holders

The Sri Lankan government today said that while it recognizes the Special Procedures as an important mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council, there have been certain instances where some special procedures mandate holders have exceeded their respective mandates and as such, acted in violation of the Code of Conduct. ?For example, we have noted instances where joint urgent appeals have been transmitted by same mandate holders based on erroneous information and in connection with situations which

07 Jun, 2013

Arundika now ready to testify

UPFA MP Arundika Fernando says he is ready to make a statement to the CID on the statement he made in parliament regarding the whereabouts of missing journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda. Fernando says he came across Eknaligoda in France in 2011 when he had gone to visit a friend and journalist Manjula Wediwardana. ?When I was at Manjula?s house, a bald man came there. I was told that it was Prageeth Eknaligoda. I have now heard that he has moved to Britain from France. The government must now take me

09 Jun, 2013