Two soldiers, including a Major killed in Mullaitivu accident

North CM heads new organisation on Tamil rights

Northern Province Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran has been appointed as the head of a new organisation comprising Tamil politicians and civil society members, which will work on Tamil rights. The ?Tamil People?s Council? met last evening in Jaffna and discussed its future goals and also decided to form sub-committees which will handle various tasks. The main committee in the ?Tamil People?s Council? includes Tamil National Alliance members Dharmalingham Sidharthan and Suresh Premachandran and T

20 Dec, 2015

Desmond defends second mandate of Commission

Top international lawyer Sir Desmond de Silva QC, who was roped in by the former Government to advise the Missing Persons Commission, says?there was never any doubt about the credibility over the second mandate given to the Commission headed by Maxwell Paranagama. ?I did not work with the Paranagama Commission in connection with the original mandate of the Commission which was to do with investigating disappearances. Any legal advice given by myself and other members of the Advisory Council was

20 Dec, 2015

Third and final reading of 2016 budget passed

The third and final reading of the 2016 budget was passed by Parliament today with 160 members voting for and 51 against it while 13 members were absent. Several opposition members of Parliament, including the Tamil National Alliance and Parliamentarians Douglas Devananda, Arumugam Thindaman and Lakshman Seniviratne. Among those absent were opposition Parliamentarians Mahinda Rajapaksa, Wimal Weerawansa, Manusha Nanayakara, Geetha Kumarasinghe and Selvam Adaikalanathan. The second reading of

19 Dec, 2015