JVP makes push to abolish Executive Presidency

UK MP welcomes Namal’s comment

UK Member of Parliament Simon Danczuk has welcomed comments made by President Mahinda Rajapaksa?s son Namal Rajapaksa?that ?there has to be a trial? to make sure the people who murdered his constituent are brought to justice. He was?referring?to the murder of?UK national Khuram Shaikh?on 25 December 2011 in Tangalle, Namal Rajapaksa recently told the BBC that he did not know why the accused were out on bail and that ?there had to be a trial?. He added that ?these kind of incidents should not tak

08 May, 2013

Duminda hits out at Hirunika

Parliamentarian Duminda Silva hit out at Hirunika Premachandra today, accusing her of attempting to use him to gain publicity. Speaking to ?reporters outside court today, Silva said that Hirunika was attempting to use him to build her political career. Silva was speaking after the case into the killing of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra was taken up at the Colombo Magistrates Court today. “I want to tell Hirunika not to cling on me like a leech and do politics,” he said. Bharatha Lakshman Premach

08 May, 2013

US to fund Lankan refugees in India

The US government announced today that it will fund NGO activities targeting Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu, India. The US Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration anticipates providing approximately $1.5 million to fund NGO programs supporting Sri Lankan refugees in South Asia. A US State Department release said that the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration will look at NGOs that address prevention of and/or response to gender-based violence (GBV) among Sri Lankan refugees in T

08 May, 2013