Coronavirus death toll in Sri Lanka increases to 579

MR tells TNA to join PSC

President Mahinda Rajapaksa urged the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to join the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) to discuss a solution to the national issue. The TNA said that the request was made when TNA leader R. Sampanthan met the President following an?invitation?extended by the President’s office. Ministers?Maithripal Sirisena and Prof. G L Peiris were also present at the meeting. Sampanthan raised the question of?resettlement?in Sampur and Valikamam and the appointment of a civilian a

18 Sep, 2012

Lanka is no stage for India-China rivalry

Amid New Delhi’s concerns over growing military ties between Beijing and Colombo, Sri Lanka’s envoy Prasad Kariyawasam has said there is no zero-sum game between India and China. He said his country will not be reduced to a stage for the two rising Asian powers to play out their “rivalry”. “We are not in the habit of looking at our relations with India and China as a zero-sum game,” the envoy told IANS in an interview. “We will not allow our land or sea to be used for any inimical purpose by o

17 Sep, 2012

Indian attempts suicide over MR visit

An auto-driver in Tami Nadu set himself on fire this morning to protest against the visit of Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse, who will be in India later this week. Vijayraj, the driver, is in hospital in critical condition. The Sri Lankan president will inaugurate a Buddhist university in Madhya Pradesh. Parties in Tamil Nadu have described his visit as “unacceptable”. Sri Lankan forces have been accused of violating the rights of thousands of Tamils in the final months of the island’s

17 Sep, 2012