Coronavirus death toll in Sri Lanka revised

Indonesia refuses to allow stranded Lankans to disembark boat

Indonesia is refusing to allow a group of illegal Sri Lankan asylum seekers to disembark from a boat which reached Indonesian waters over the weekend. The boat with 44 Sri Lankans who claim to be headed for Christmas Island remains marooned in bad weather off the Indonesian province of Aceh, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. Indonesian authorities have provided the Sri Lankans with food but will not let them disembark because they do not have passports or valid travel documents. “There is o

13 Jun, 2016

Wigneswaran denies relying on Jayalalithaa to solve Tamil problem

The Chief Minister of Sri Lanka?s Tamil-majority Northern Province, C.V.Wigneswaran, has denied that he is relying on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa to solve the Tamil problem in his country. ?When did I call upon her to find a solution to our problems? I congratulated her and called for closer collaboration. She responded positively. So what about it? If anyone is giving hidden meanings to mere courtesies, what I am supposed to do?? Wigneswaran asked in an interview to State media, a

13 Jun, 2016

Leading Tamil diaspora groups in the US slam Sumanthiran

Tamil diaspora groups in the US have slammed Tamil National Alliance Parliamentarian M A Sumanthiran alleging he is visiting Washington DC to support the Sri Lankan Government. Tamils for Obama and American Tamil Forum said Sumanthiran?is going to speak at a non- official body at the US Congress along with Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the US Prasad Kariyawasam. “If history is of any guide, instead of speaking up for the Tamils, Mr. Sumanthiran is going to play a second fiddle to the Sri Lankan Am

14 Jun, 2016