Maldives President in Sri Lanka on unofficial visit

Karunanidhi takes on G.L

India’s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president M. Karunanidhi has disputed comments made by External Affiars Minister, Professor G.L Peiris on Katchatheevu?during his visit to India yesterday. Karunanidhi?said India should convey to Sri Lanka that it would take back Katchatheevu if the 13th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution was not implemented as agreed upon under the Indo-Lanka Accord of 1987, the Hindu newspaper reported. Katchatheevu, the DMK leader said, was handed over in 1974 fol

20 Aug, 2013

Violence grips Nuwara Eliya (Audio)

Nuwara Eliya was tense this evening with the Kotagala organiser of the National Workers Union (NWU) being stabbed just minutes after supporters of the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) and NWU, both constituent parties of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) clashed in what the Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) termed as the most serious pre-election related violence in the area so far. CaFFE said that 14 vehicles had been damaged and several individuals were injured in the clashes

19 Aug, 2013

Lanka agrees to Jakarta declaration

Sri Lanka and 13 other countries today reinforced their commitment to pursue coordinated joint actions in the fields of prevention, early detection, protection and prosecution to address the irregular movement of persons. The agreement was reached at the Jakarta Declaration on Addressing Irregular Movement of Persons at the conclusion of the Special Conference On Irregular Movements of Persons, held at the initiative of Indonesia, the Bernama news agency reported. The conference, chaired by Indo

20 Aug, 2013