State Minister Gunapala Rathnasekara hands over resignation

Kosgoda Nadun to be extradited

The Sri Lankan government is to to seek the extradition of?Pradeep Deva Nadun Dharmawickrama aka Kosgoda Nadun, who was arrested in Italy last week. A spokesman at the External Affairs Ministry told the Colombo Gazette that the Italian authorities will be approached to have the suspect sent to Sri Lanka. Kosgoda Nadun is wanted in Sri Lanka and has an INTERPOL arrest warrant issued against him. He is wanted in Sri Lanka for murder and the illegal possession of a hand grenade. Italian media repor

23 Jun, 2013

India could have saved Lankan lives

Strong and early objections by the Indian government to the Sri Lankan government?s conduct of the war might have saved civilian lives, Human Rights Watch said. Meenakshi Ganguly, the South Asia director at Human Rights Watch said that in Sri Lanka, India chose private diplomacy to address concerns about risks to civilians during the brutal conclusion to the fighting between the military and the LTTE. A United Nations Panel of Experts report found that 40,000 civilians may have died in the last

22 Jun, 2013

Ebrahim Ebrahim to meet the TNA

South Africa?s Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim is scheduled to hold talks with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) tomorrow on the political developments in the country. The South African Deputy Minister, who is scheduled to arrive in island today, will also have separate talks with External Affairs Minister G.L Peiris. Among the topics scheduled to be discussed is the stalled talks between the TNA and the government. South Africa has on previous occasions offered to mediate between the TN

23 Jun, 2013