President assures TNA will resolve crisis next week

Fishermen deny smuggler met President

Members of the delegation of Tamil Nadu fishermen who met President Maithripala Sirisena in Colombo?on May 12 have denied the charge that one of the members of their team was a smuggler, the New Indian Express reported. ?Do you think the fishermen?s delegation could have met the President of Sri Lanka without the members? antecedents being thoroughly checked by his security staff?? asked delegation member B. Jesuraja, Ramanathapuram District Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Mechanized Boat Fishermen

19 May, 2015

UN silent on appointment of Jagath Dias

The United Nations (UN) refused to comment on the appointment of?Major General Jagath C Dias as the new Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for UN?Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was asked at a press conference if the UN had any comments on the post given to?Jagath Dias despite some human rights allegations against him and since he may get listed in a UN Human Rights Council report on Sri Lanka. “I think first we’ll allow for the Human Rights Council itself to revi

19 May, 2015

Somawansa warns of conspiracy against Maithri

Former Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Somawansa Amarasinghe today warned of a conspiracy against President Maithripala Sirisena. He also demanded the resignation of?JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake saying?Dissanayake had failed to take the party on the right track. Amarasinghe said that the JVP is dancing to the tune of the United National Party (UNP) led Government. He warned that UNP leader Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is looking at heading the country and is using the JVP

19 May, 2015