ETI depositors protest demanding withdrawal of deposits

Indian fishermen launch protest against Sri Lanka

Mechanised boat fishermen Rameshwaram, India?have decided to abstain from fishing from today, protesting the arrest and attack of fishermen and confiscation of their boats by the Sri Lankan Navy. Three days after the Sri Lankan Navy arrested 16 fishermen, including four from Thangachimadam in the Rameshwaram, leaders of 11 fishermen associations met yesterday?and decided to launch an indefinite strike from today, a fishermen leader said, according to The Hindu newspaper. The fishermen, who enj

05 Sep, 2015

UAE to improve the welfare of Sri Lankan workers

The United Arab Emirates? Foreign Minister, His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nayhan, visited Sri Lanka on the invitation of the Government of Sri Lanka. During bilateral consultations the Foreign Ministers explored ways of strengthening trade and investment ties, improving the welfare of Sri Lankan workers in the UAE, and collaborating on issues of regional and international concern. Foreign Minister Samaraweera briefed his counterpart on the government?s political and economic plans.

04 Sep, 2015

Released emails of Hillary reveal Lankan fury

The recently released emails of US presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, reveal that Sri Lanka?s strong reaction to the then secretary of State, Hillary Clinton?s 2009 remarks over use of rape as an instrument of war unleashed an intense internal debate, which ultimately led to a partial retraction, the New Indian Express reported. On Sep 30, 2009, Clinton said at the UNSC that rape had been ?used as a tactic of war before in Bosnia, Burma and Sri Lanka and elsewhere?. This had led to a big

04 Sep, 2015