Leading businesswoman Janaki Siriwardhana arrested

LTTE did not represent Tamils says Mangala

Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera says the LTTE terror did not represent the hopes and aspirations of the majority of the Tamil community. He made this observation while speaking at the Meeting of Commonwealth Foreign Ministers in Malta, the Foreign Ministry said today. He said that as radicalisation, violent extremism and terrorism undermine the core Commonwealth values of democracy and pluralism, the Commonwealth states should direct it’s focus towards collective efforts in countering the

28 Nov, 2015

Canadian court rules against laws in Lankan refugee case

In two cases involving ships carrying Tamil refugees to Canada?s shores, the Canadian Supreme Court has ruled that federal immigration laws denying entry to human smugglers are unconstitutional, the Globe and Mail reported. Those laws could be used to bar from Canada or prosecute anyone who performs a humanitarian act, including passengers helping one another or family members giving aid to their relatives, the court said in unanimous rulings written by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. And tha

28 Nov, 2015

Maldives says opposition protest largely peaceful

The Maldives Government says a protest staged by the Maldives opposition overnight was largely peaceful. The protest organised by the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) was held at the Artificial? Beach? of? Male? yesterday. The protesters called for the release of Former President Mohamed Nasheed and other detainees, among other demands. The Maldives Home Affairs Ministry said that throughout the largely peaceful protest the Maldives Police Service had ensured the security of t

28 Nov, 2015