Tear gas fired on protesters near PM’s office

Sri Lanka to seek visa on arrival facility to Laos

Sri Lanka is to seek the visa on arrival facility to Laos, the Foreign Ministry said. Foreign Minister?Tilak Marapana said that the facility had been offered to Sri Lanka but it has now been suspended. He said that the Foreign Ministry will initiate talks with Laos to obtain the facility once again. (Colombo Gazette)

26 Nov, 2017

Sivajilingam leads commemoration for LTTE leader’s birthday

Northern Provincial Council member M K Sivajilingam led a commemoration event for LTTE leader Vellupillai Prabakaran’s birthday in?Valvettithurai today. The?commemoration event was held at where?Prabakaran’s house was believed to have been located prior to the end of the war. Some members of the?Northern Provincial Council and others attended the event by cutting a cake and feeding the participants. Prabakaran, who was killed in 2009, would have been 63 years today. The LTTE leader was kille

26 Nov, 2017

Government to use Lord Naseby’s statement to counter claims

The Government says it will use Lord Naseby’s statement to counter claims on war crimes allegations against the country. Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana told Parliament today, the Government was grateful to the statement made on Sri Lanka by?Lord Naseby at the British Parliament recently. Lord Naseby had in his statement rejected claims that the death toll during the final stages of the war in Sri Lanka was over 40,000. He had said that the civilian casualty toll was between 7,000 to 8,000 an

25 Nov, 2017