Underworld member Manel Rohana alias ?Tilak? shot dead by STF

China says work on southern railway line extension is progressing

China on Thursday said that construction of a major railway line in the south was proceeding on schedule. Construction of the railway line linking Matara and Beliatta is being carried out by China Railway No 5 with China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation. Officials on Thursday said that 26km of the project has been completed. The project includes a 1km long bridge, which will be the longest rail bridge in Sri Lanka. The railroad includes easy gradients, devoid of sharp curves for

16 Aug, 2018

Sampanthan says India achieved a lot under late PM Vajpayee

Opposition and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R Sampanthan says India achieved a lot under?Atal Bihari Vajpayee who passed away yesterday (Thursday). Sampanthan said that?India has lost one of its most regarded Intellectual and statesmen Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He said the former Prime Minister of India and the Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) was an outstanding leader and under his visionary leadership, India achieved many milestones in its history. “He served the great country of India wit

17 Aug, 2018

New UN rights chief urged to ensure accountability in Sri Lanka

The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has called on the new?UN High Commissioner for Human Rights?Michelle Bachelet to ensure accountability in Sri Lanka. The GTF congratulated Bachelet on her appointment as the seventh UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. “In Sri Lanka, the UN system failed miserably in 2009 in preventing the deaths of tens of thousands, mostly Tamil citizens in the hands of the country?s security forces. However, the initiatives taken by the leading UN officials to address this fai

18 Aug, 2018